NZD/USD Flirts with 0.68 Handle Amid Oil-Price Rally
The recovery in the NZD/USD
pair gained further traction in the European session, as markets
shrugged-off weaker Chinese data dump and cheered a fresh rally in the
oil prices.
NZD/USD: A break of 0.6805 key for further upside
Currently, the NZD/USD pair rises +0.16% to 0.6786, consolidating the
recovery just shy of 0.68 handle. The NZD/USD pair halted its downside
momentum and staged a solid comeback this Monday as sentiment around the
resource-linked Kiwi was boosted after the oil prices jumped higher and
hit fresh half-yearly highs on Goldman Sach’s bullish outlook on oil
fundamentals.
However, the upside faces stiff hurdle as a slew of poor Chinese
economic data released over the weekend, continue to weigh on investors’
mind. Later today, markets await the US datasets for fresh cues on the
US dollar ahead of tomorrow’s eventful trading session, with the NZ
inflation expectations data to be reported ahead of the US CPI report
and NZ GDT price index.
NZD/USD Levels to consider
To the upside, the next resistance is located at 0.6822/42 (1h 200-SMA/
50-DMA), above which it could extend gains to 0.6864/0.6900 (20-SMA/
round number). To the downside immediate support might be located at
0.6725 (100-DMA) and from there to 0.6700/0.6655 (round number/
200-DMA).