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Monday, December 4th
The EUR/USD pair remains under bearish pressure, as optimism around the greenback dominates the market on Monday. Recently the US Senate approved the tax overhaul bill that brings much awaited tax cuts a step closer to their implementation. Moreover, fading uncertainty surrounding US President’s connection with Russia is also offering some support to the greenback. According the latest information, reports about Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election appeared faulty. On the data front, today both economic calendars won’t offer anything interesting, so the pair will keep tracing broad market sentiments and USD price dynamics to determine its further trajectory.
The GBP/USD pair extends its retreat from 2-month highs for the second day in a row, marked near the level of 1.3550, on the back of renewed demand for the US dollar. The greenback appears bid across the market today as the US Senate passed the tax reform bill, making implementation of long awaited tax cuts a step closer to its final goal. However, positive sentiments around Brexit negotiations are still offering support to the pound, limiting pair’s recent retreat, while any further developments in EU-UK talks will remain closely eyed for fresh any impact on the pair. Now all eyes remain glued to the UK Construction PMI, which will be able to provide fresh trading opportunities during the European trading session, while the US data calendar will remain broadly silent, leaving the pair at the mercy of broad market sentiments and the US dollar dynamics.
The NZD/USD pair remains one of the weakest assets of this Asia, moving closer to the region of its weekly lows, marked at 0.6818 spot on Friday. Increased demand for the greenback, backed by US tax reform developments and fading concerns over the US President’s connection with Russia, remains key driving factor across the market, which is lending negative pressure on the pair lately. Moreover, ongoing uncertainty on the political field of the NZ also collaborates with downside trend of the pair. Looking ahead, today we will have pretty quiet data session, as the US economic calendar offers only secondary data reports, which unlikely will attract investors’ attention, so the US dollar price dynamics will continue to navigate the pair throughout this trading session.
Bitcoin continues to set records, having refreshed its all-time highs at 11831.00 vs its US counterpart. Seems that the BTC/USD pair has regained its positive tone after technical correction, seen last week, and now is extending its bullish rally, as interest around the cryptomarket continues to grow. However, further upside rally of Bitcoin may appear capped, as the UK Treasury intends to regulate Bitcoin, concerning about money laundering and tax avoidance. By the moment of writing, Bitcoin’s price was 11460.00 $ and its capitalization increased to the level of 192 billion USD, according to data from coinmarketcap.com.
The main events of the day:
UK Construction PMI – 11.30 (GMT +2)
Support and resistance levels for the major currency pairs:
EURUSD S. 1.1806 R. 1.1986
USDJPY S. 110.65 R. 113.63
GBPUSD S. 1.3380 R. 1.3592
USDCHF S. 0.9651 R. 0.9921
AUDUSD S. 0.7512 R. 0.7686
NZDUSD S. 0.6774 R. 0.6966
USDCAD S. 1.2526 R. 1.2978
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