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FxWirePro: Chinese yuan falls after mixed economic data, PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.2771 per U.S. dollar

USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.2772 marks. It made intraday high at 6.2791 and low at 6.2722 levels. Intraday bias remains slightly bullish till the time pair holds key support at 6.2654 mark. A sustained close ab…

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FxWirePro: Chinese yuan falls after mixed economic data, PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.2771 per U.S. dollar
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  • USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.2772 marks.
     
  • It made intraday high at 6.2791 and low at 6.2722 levels.
     
  • Intraday bias remains slightly bullish till the time pair holds key support at 6.2654 mark.
     
  • A sustained close above 6.2890 marks will test key resistances at 6.3068, 6.3158, 6.3210, 6.3320, 6.3515, 6.3625, 6.3855 and 6.4017 marks respectively.
     
  • Alternatively, a daily close below 6.2654 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 6.2584, 6.2419, 6.2322, 6.2196 and 6.1907 marks respectively.
     
  • Important to note here that 20D, 30D and 55D EMA heads down and confirms the bearish trend in a daily chart. Current upside movement is short term trend correction only.
     
  • PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.2771 / dlr vs last close 6.2761.
     
  • China Central bank conducts medium-term lending facility (mlf) lending on tuesday.
     
  • China Central bank adjusts 1-year mlf rate up by 5 basis points to 3.30 pct, matches march hike in short-term rate.
     
  • China Central bank injects 367.5 billion yuan via 1-year mlf loan.
     
  • China Q1 GDP q/q sa decrease to 1.4 % (forecast 1.5 %) vs previous 1.6 %.
     
  • China March urban investment (ytd)yy decrease to 7.5 % (forecast 7.6 %) vs previous 7.9 %.
     
  • China March retail sales yy increase to 10.1 % (forecast 9.9 %) vs previous 9.7 %.
     
  • China March industrial output yy decrease to 6 % (forecast 6.2 %) vs previous 7.2 %.
     
  • China Q1 GDP yy stays flat at 6.8 % (forecast 6.7 %) vs previous 6.8 %.

We prefer to take short position on USD/CNY only below 6.2654, stop loss 6.2960 and target of 6.2322.

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