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AUD/USD slips to 0.7180 on reaction as China trade balance misses the mark

  • Chinese trade data broadly missed the mark, sending Pacific currencies firmly lower.
  • A massive miss for Chinese Imports/Exports, showing far bigger contractions than forecasts expected.

AUD/USD has slipped from Monday’s early highs near 0.7220 as Chinese Trade Balance figures came in broadly worse than expected, sending the Aussie down into 0.7185 as Antipodean traders reverse course to kick off the new week.

seeing Imports declining -7.6% for the annualized period into December, with Exports falling -4.4% over the same period, leading to a Trade Balance that comes out to $57.06 billion (forecast $51.53 billion, last $44.71 billion. With little else on the docket for Monday, Chinese trade figures are likely to continue grinding market sentiment lower in the coming days.

AUD/USD Technical Analysis

AUD/USD

Overview:
       Today Last Price:  0.7185
       Today Daily change:  -19  pips
       Today Daily change %:  -0.264%
       Today Daily Open:  0.7204
Trends:
       Previous Daily SMA20:  0.7096
       Previous Daily SMA50:  0.7188
       Previous Daily SMA100:  0.7177
       Previous Daily SMA200:  0.7331
Levels:
       Previous Daily High:  0.7236
       Previous Daily Low:  0.7175
       Previous Weekly High:  0.7236
       Previous Weekly Low:  0.7089
       Previous Monthly High:  0.7394
       Previous Monthly Low:  0.7014
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 38.2%:  0.7213
       Previous Daily Fibonacci 61.8%:  0.7198
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S1:  0.7174
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S2:  0.7144
       Previous Daily Pivot Point S3:  0.7113
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R1:  0.7235
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R2:  0.7266
       Previous Daily Pivot Point R3:  0.7296

 

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