FxWirePro: Nikkei faces strong resistance at 20000, good to sell on rallies
Thursday, May 11, 2017 2:59 AM UTC
- Nikkei is consolidating after hitting 20000 level and is trading at 17 month high. The index has gained almost 8.5% from the low made on Apr 14th 2017 on account of easing fears about euro zone and strong earnings. It is currently trading around 19935 0.01% lower.
- Mistubishi motors surged to highest level in this year after better than expected projection for next fiscal compared to annual loss of $1.75 billion.
- USD/JPY is facing strong resistance at 114.35 and any break above will take the pair to next level till 115.50.Any further bullishness only above 115.50.It is currently trading around 114.15.
- On the the lower side ,near term support is around 19585 (23.6% retracement of 18193 and 20019) and any break below targets 19338 (21-EMA)/ 19106 (daily Kijun-Sen) is possible.
- The major resistance is around 20000 and any break above will take the index till 20180/20470.
- In daily chart Nikkei has formed bearish divergence in RSI and MACD , a slight decline till 19500/19300 likely.
It is good to sell on rallies around 19880-19900 with SL around 20050 for the TP of 19585/19300.