FX MORNING UPDATE  

10/05/2018

                                                                                    

USDINR opened gap up at 67.36 y’day and the pair traded in the 67.23-67.47 range. Spot USDINR closed at 67.26, gain of 19 ps for USD as against prior close of 67.07.RBI reference rate was fixed at 67.38.  Rupee recovered to 67.23 after hitting 67.47 as RBI sold USD through nationalized banks. Rupee opened lower as US annulled Iran nuclear deal. However, there was optimism on FDI flows from Wal-Mart-Flipkart deal. May USD/INR closed at 67.42, gain of 19 ps for USD as compared to prior day’s close of 67.23. May Euro/INR closed at 80.22, GBP/INR at 91.68 and Yen/INR at 61.52.

FII’S sold Rs 6467 Cr of Indian Equities in April . FII’S also sold 11868 Cr of Indian debt securities in April . On a cumulative basis, FII’S have bought Rupees 7979 Cr of Indian Equities till date for this calendar year and have sold  Rupees 15023 Cr of Indian debt in this calendar year till date.

Benchmark Nifty climbed 0.22% y’day. DOW climbed 182 points (0.75%) Y’day.Nikkei declined 0.44%  and Hang seng climbed 0.44% y’day.

Euro is now at 1.1865 , Pound at 1.3568,Yen at 109.71    

Commodities: Gold is now at USD 1313 and WT1Crude at USD 71.73.

Interest rates: USD 10 Yr yield is at 3.00% and 3 m libor closed at 2.36%. Indian 10 yr benchmark yield closed at 7.71%.        

Economic news: IMF report projects Indian GDP to grow at 7.4% in this year and accelerate further to 7.8% as the economy has recovered from demonetisation and GST introduction.

US based Wal mart announced acquistion of flip kart for USD 16 bn, which includes new Equity infusion of USD 2 bn. Wal Mart now owns 77% of flip kart. This is the largest acquistion for Wal Mart.

BOE rate decision and US CPI are the focus events for the day.

Data Highlights: – US PPI climbed 0.1% m/m.

 

Thursday’s calendar: – US Weekly jobless claims and CPI

 

-UK industrial and manufacturing production and BOE meet.

USD/INR   67.47 67.23
EUR/USD 1.1865 1.1897 1.1823
GBP/USD 1.3568 1.3606 1.3500
USD/JPY 109.71 109.87 109

Daily Support/Resistance table

CurrencyPairs Pivot R1 R2 R3 S1 S2 S3
EURO/USD 1.1856 1.1889 1.1930 1.1963 1.1815 1.1782 1.1741
GBP/USD 1.3550 1.3600 1.3657 1.3707 1.3493 1.3443 1.3386
USD/JPY 109.57

 

110.14 110.44 111.01

 

109.27 108.70 108.40

 

USD/INR 67.32 67.41 67.56   67.17 67.08  

MAJOR SUPPORTS/RESISTANCES AND TREND TABLE

Curency Pair Supports Resistances Trend Remarks
EURO/USD 1.1910/1.1710 1.2150/1.2210 DN UP>1.2210
GBP/USD 1.3460/1.33 1.3710/1.3965 DN UP>1.3965
USD/JPY 108/107 110 UP SIDE<108
USD/INR 66.50/66.25/66.05 66.94/67.40 UP SIDE<66.05
USD/CHF 0.9735/0.9575 1.0040 UP  DN <0.9575

Technicals: Spot closed above 100 and 200 day major moving averages. 20 day moving         is at 66.10. 50 day moving average is at 65.43. 200 day moving average is at 64.58. Daily MACD is in buy zone, implying bottom at 64.85 . Important support zone is at 66.50 and later at 66.25/65.90. Important resistance is  at 67.40. Spot closed below its average level of the day.  

Intra day supports and resistances for May contract are:

PP: 67.48,S1:67.33, S2:67.24, R1:67.57, R2:67.72

Hedging strategy for USD/INR: Hedging decisions be taken according to comfort and accounting rates.

CROSS CURRENCY TECHNICALS:

EURO/USD: The pair is below all major moving averages. Next Major resistance is at 1.2150 and later at 1.2210. Major support is at 1.1910 and later at 1.1710. Daily MACD is in sell zone, implying an important top at 1.2415. Weekly MACD is in sell zone, implying important top at 1.2560.

GBP/USD: Trend is bearish in daily chart. Daily MACD  is in sell zone, implying important top at 1.4375 and weekly MACD is  in sell zone, implying important top at 1.4375. The pair is trading below all major moving average. Important resistance is at 1.3710 and later at 1.3965. Important support is at 1.3460 and later at 1.33.   

USD/YEN: The pair is below 200 day major moving average, but above 50 and 100 day moving averages. Daily MACD is in buy zone, implying important bottom at 104.56. Important support is at 108. Important resistance is  110.

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