FxWirePro: Chinese yuan remains unchanged after mixed economic data
USD/CNY is currently trading around 6.9330 marks. It made intraday high at 6.9415 and 1low at 6.9320 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment. A sustained close above 6.9366 marks will test key resistances at…
It made intraday high at 6.9415 and 1low at 6.9320 levels.
Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment.
A sustained close above 6.9366 marks will test key resistances at 6.9456, 6.9525, 6.9620 and 6.9850 marks respectively.
Alternatively, a daily close below 6.9366 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 6.9210, 6.8898, 6.8670, 6.8420, 6.8215, 6.7980, 6.7864, 6.7624, 6.7510 and 6.7160 marks respectively.
Important to note here that 20D, 30D and 55D EMA heads up and confirms the bullish trend in a daily chart.
PBOC sets yuan mid-point at 6.9387 / dlr vs last close 6.9387.
China sets yuan mid-point at weakest level since Jan 4, 2017.
China Sep 2018 retail sales yy increase to 9.2 % (forecast 9 %) vs previous 9 %.
China Sep 2018 industrial output yy decrease to 5.8 % (forecast 6 %) vs previous 6.1 %.
China Q3 2018 GDP qq sa decrease to 1.6 % (forecast 1.6 %) vs previous 1.8 %.
We prefer to take long position on USD/CNY only above 6.9420, stop loss at 6.92 and target of 6.9620.