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Dollar index trading at 99.16 (+0.17%)
Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie +0.77%, Kiwi +0.32%, Loonie -0.03%.
Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +1.73%, Kiwi +0.72%, Loonie +0.14%.
AUD/USD
Trading at 0.724
Trend meter
- Long term - Sell, Medium term - Sell, Short term - Range/Sell
Support
- Long term - 0.60, Medium term - 0.69, Short term - 0.7
Resistance
- Long term - 0.82, Medium term - 0.785 -0.79, Short term - 0.74
Economic release today
- NIL
Commentary
- Aussie is the best performer of the week, gained further over yesterday's massive rise.
NZD/USD
Trading at 0.658
Trend meter -
- Long term - Sell, Medium term - Range/sell, Short term - Range/Sell
Support
- Long term - 0.56, Medium term - 0.625, Short term - 0.635
Resistance
- Long term - 0.77, Medium term - 0.725, Short term - 0.68
Economic release today
- NIL
Commentary
- Kiwi is struggling to break free of resistance around 0.66.
USD/CAD -
Trading at 1.33
Trend meter
- Long term - Buy, Medium term - Range, Short term - Range
Support
- Long term - 1.19, Medium term - 1.28, Short term - 1.303,
Resistance
- Long term - 1.38, Medium term - 1.35, Short term - 1.34
Economic release today
- BOC CPI grew 0.3% in October, up 2.1% from a year ago.
- Retail sales dropped -0.5% in September.
Commentary
- Loonie failed to gain much, despite stronger oil as retail sale was weaker than expected.
