FxWirePro: USD/SEK hits 1-week trough, faces strong resistance at 21-EMA
Friday, August 28, 2020 10:29 AM UTC
- The Swedish Krona advanced to a 1-week high as the dollar index declined against a basket of currencies.
- The dollar slumped after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank would seek to keep inflation at 2 percent, on average.
- USD/SEK trades 0.8 percent lower at 8.6492, having hit a low of 8.6191 earlier, its lowest since August 19.
- Immediate resistance is located at 8.7570 (21-EMA), any close above could take it near 8.7768.
- On the lower side, support is seen at 8.6101, break below could take it till 8.5972.