FxWirePro: Chinese yuan remains almost unchanged after retail sales, industrial production data
USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.7061 marks. It made intraday high at 6.7070 and low at 6.7019 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment. A sustained close above 6.7063 marks will test key resistances at …
It made intraday high at 6.7070 and low at 6.7019 levels.
Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment.
A sustained close above 6.7063 marks will test key resistances at 6.7210, 6.7298, 6.7422, 6.7510, 6.7778 and 6.8072 marks respectively.
Alternatively, a daily close below 6.7063 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 6.6963, 6.6849, 6.6650, 6.6540 and 6.62 marks respectively.
Important to note here that 20D, 30D and 55D EMA heads down and confirms the bearish trend in a daily chart.
PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.7009 / dlr vs last close 6.7070.
China Feb 2019 retail sales yy stays flat at 8.2 % (forecast 8.1 %) vs previous 8.2 %.
China Feb 2019 industrial output yy decrease to 5.3 % (forecast 5.5 %) vs previous 5.7 %.
China Feb 2019 urban investment (ytd)yy increase to 6.1 % (forecast 6 %) vs previous 5.9 %.
We prefer to take short position on USD/CNY only below 6.70, stop loss at 6.7210 and target of 6.6849/6.6650.