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Dollar index trading at 96.15 (+0.31%)
Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.20%, Kiwi +0.40%, Loonie -0.20%.
Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +1.72%, Kiwi +1.94%, Loonie +0.31%.
AUD/USD -
Trading at 0.703
Trend meter -
- Long term - Sell, Medium term - Range, Short term - Range/Sell
Support -
- Long term - 0.60, Medium term - 0.65, Short term - 0.685
Resistance -
- Long term - 0.83, Medium term - 0.725, Short term - 0.705
Economic release today -
- National Australia banks' business confidence dropped to 1 from 4 prior, while business conditions improved to 11 in August from 6.
Commentary -
- Aussie is consolidating around 0.7 mark today. Active call - Sell Aussie with stop around 0.785 and 0.825 to target 0.715, 0.70, 0.685 and 0.65.
NZD/USD -
Trading at 0.64
Trend meter -
- Long term - Sell, Medium term - Range/sell, Short term - Range/Sell
Support -
- Long term - 0.56, Medium term - 0.60, Short term - 0.615
Resistance -
- Long term - 0.71, Medium term - 0.68, Short term - 0.643-0.65
Economic release today -
- RBNZ rate decision scheduled at 21:00 GMT.
Commentary -
- Kiwi in for its next target around 0.56 against Dollar, with slowdown in China and further loosening of policy from RBNZ. Kiwi is the best performer today, heading into RBNZ monetary policy.
USD/CAD -
Trading at 1.322
Trend meter -
- Long term - Buy, Medium term - Range, Short term - Range/Buy
Support -
- Long term - 1.19, Medium term - 1.26, Short term - 1.29
Resistance -
- Long term - 1.38, Medium term - 1.35, Short term - 1.34
Economic release today -
- BOC held policy steady.
- Housing starts rose to 216,900 in August from 193,300 prior.
- Building permits dropped by -0.6% in July.
Commentary -
- Loonie benefited from BOC monetary policy hold, while lower oil price provided downside pressure.
