AUD/JPY Dumped 1 Big Figure Amid Oil Driven-Risk-Off
The offered tone around the AUD/JPY cross
weakened a bit in the mid-Asian session, allowing a tepid-bounce to 83
handle, only to find fresh at the last and now consolidates around
82.80 region.
AUD/JPY sees 120-pips bearish gap opening
The
AUD/JPY pair now drops -1.45% to 82.81, recovering slightly from fresh
four-day lows struck at 82.47 in early trades. The cross was heavily
sold-off into widespread risk aversion after the oil prices collapsed as
the weekend’s Doha oil producers’ meeting failed to reach an agreement
on oil putout freeze plans.
The Japanese currency extended its
Friday’s rally against the Aussie this Monday, as investors flocked to
safe-havens such as the yen on oil sell-off induced flight to safety.
While the AUD/USD pair also nursed severe losses on the back of almost
non-existent demand for higher-yielding currencies.
Nothing of
note in terms of economic news in the day ahead, and hence, the oil
price action will continue to drive the cross ahead of RBA’s monetary
policy meeting minutes due for release tomorrow.
AUD/JPY Technical Levels
To
the upside, the next resistance is located at 83.46/47 (5-DMA/ daily
R2) and above which it could extend gains to at 84/84.04 (100-DMA).To
the downside immediate support might be located 82.47 (daily low) below
that at 82/81.81 (round number/ Apr 12 Low).
