- NZD/USD is currently trading at 0.6852 from a high of 0.6880 from the European session where the price moved into a sideways drift in early NY from the lows of 0.6842.
The bird was lifted by a rebound in business confidence while the GDT dairy auction resulted in prices up 1.7% overall, with whole milk powder up 0.3% (vs futures predictions of +3%), skimmed milk powder up 3.4%, and butter up 4.9%.
- Wall Street manages to close in the green ahead of the FOMC
As for US data, the US housing starts rose 3.2% in November but analysts at Westpac argued that should not dispel concerns about the weakening housing sector: “The previous month was revised lower and all the gains came from the volatile multiples category; single-family housing starts fell 4.6%, making it three consecutive monthly declines.”
FOMC outlook
-
Federal Reserve Preview: Slowdown ahead
NZD/USD levels
- Support 0.6820
- Resistance 0.6980
NZD/USD is oscillating around the 200-D SMA where it slipped below last week with eyes on the 38.2% retracement Fibo en route for a test of the 100-D SMA down at 0.6670. However, so long a the bird can stablise here, prospects can be for a flight towards the 61.8% Fibo at 0.7048.
Share
