FxWirePro: Chinese yuan rises despite lower than expected retail sales, industrial production data
USD/CNY is currently trading around 7.0248 marks. It made intraday high at 7.0394 and low at 7.0178 levels. Intraday bias remains slightly bearish for the moment. A sustained close above 7.0612 marks will test key resist…
It made intraday high at 7.0394 and low at 7.0178 levels.
Intraday bias remains slightly bearish for the moment.
A sustained close above 7.0612 marks will test key resistances at 7.0694, 7.12, 7.3645 and 7.58 marks respectively.
Alternatively, a daily close below 7.0240 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 6.9861, 6.9525, 6.9362, 6.8649 and 6.8492 marks respectively.
Important to note here that 20D, 30D and 55D EMA heads up and confirms the bullish trend in a daily chart.
China industrial porduction y/y at 4.8 pct vs 6.3 pct previous release.
China retail sales y/y at 7.6 pct vs 9.8 pct previous release.
China unemployment rate at 5.3 pct vs 5.1 pct previous release.
We prefer to take short position on USD/CNY around 7.0270, stop loss at 7.04 and target of 7.0149/6.9861.