FX MORNING UPDATE

07/06/2018

                                                                                       

USDINR opened at 67.07 y’day and the pair traded in the 66.89-67.15 range. Spot USDINR closed at 66.92, loss of  22 ps for USD as against prior close of 67.14.RBI reference rate was fixed at 67.18. June USD/INR closed at 67.07, loss of 22 ps for USD as compared to prior day’s close of 67.29. June Euro/INR closed at 79.07, GBP/INR at 90.08 and Yen/INR at 60.95.

FII’S sold Rs 8081 Cr of Indian Equities in May till date . FII’S also sold 17400 Cr of Indian debt securities in May . On a cumulative basis, FII’S have bought Rupees 334 Cr of Indian Equities till date for this calendar year and have sold  Rupees 31172 Cr of Indian debt in this calendar year till date.

Benchmark Nifty climbed 0.86% Y’day. DOW declined 13 points (0.06%) Y’day.Nikkei climbed 0.38%  and Hang seng climbed 0.53% y’day.

Euro is now at 1.1791, Pound at 1.3428,Yen at 110.03.    

Commodities: Gold is now at USD 1301 and WT1Crude at USD 64.97.

Interest rates: USD 10 Yr yield is at 2.92% and 3 m libor closed at 2.36%. Indian 10 yr benchmark yield closed at 7.88%.        

Economic news: RBI increased repo rates by 25 bps unanimously to 6.5%, but maintained neutral stance. GDP growth is expected to be 7.4% for this year. Inflation is expected to be 4.8 to 4.9% for first half and 4.7% for second half of this Year. Banks have been allowed to spread MTM losses in investment portfolio over 4 quarters.

 

Data Highlights: No major data release.

 

 

Thursday’s calendar: – US weekly jobless claims

 

-German factory orders

                                                                                                                       

USD/INR   67.15 66.89
EUR/USD 1.1791 1.1796 1.1714
GBP/USD 1.3428 1.3443 1.3398
USD/JPY 110.03 110.27 109.80

Daily Support/Resistance table

CurrencyPairs Pivot R1 R2 R3 S1 S2 S3
EURO/USD 1.1764 1.1814 1.1846 1.1896 1.1732 1.1682 1.1650
GBP/USD 1.3420 1.3442 1.3465 1.3487 1.3397 1.3375 1.3352
USD/JPY 110.07

 

110.34 110.54 110.81

 

109.87 109.60 109.40

 

USD/INR 66.98 67.08 67.25   66.81 66.71  

MAJOR SUPPORTS/RESISTANCES AND TREND TABLE

Curency Pair Supports Resistances Trend Remarks
EURO/USD 1.1508 1.1820/1.1960 DN SIDE>1.1960
GBP/USD 1.3050 1.3450/1.3550 DN SIDE>1.3450
USD/JPY 108.10/107.78 111.40/113.75 SIDE DN<108.10
USD/INR 66.50 67.22/67.98 SIDE UP>67.22
USD/CHF 0.9650 1.0060 UP  DN <0.9575

                                                                                                                                               

Technicals: Spot closed above 100 and 200 day major moving averages. 20 day moving         is at 67.63. 50 day moving average is at 66.54. 200 day moving average is at 64.66. Daily MACD is in sell zone, implying top at 68.42 . Important support zone is at 66.50. Important resistance is  at 67.22 and later at 67.98. Spot closed below its average level of the day.  

Intra day supports and resistances for June contract are:

PP: 67.14,S1:66.97, S2:66.87, R1:67.24, R2:67.41.

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 1.1820 and later at 1.1960. Major support is at 1.1508. Daily MACD is in buy zone, implying an important bottom at 1.1508. Weekly MACD is in sell zone, implying important top at 1.2560.

GBP/USD: Trend is bearish in daily chart. Daily MACD  is in buy zone, implying important bottom at 1.3205 and weekly MACD is  in sell zone, implying important top at 1.4375. The pair is trading below all major moving averages. Important resistance is at 1.3450 and later at 1.3550. Important support is at 1.3205 and later at 1.3050.          

USD/YEN: The pair is below 200 day major moving average, but above 20 and 100 day moving averages. Daily MACD is in sell zone, implying important top at 111.40. Important support is at 108.10. Important resistance is  111.40 and later at 113.75.

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