FxWirePro: USD/TRY consolidates below 7.000 after CBRT lowers policy rate by 100 bps
Thursday, April 23, 2020 9:50 AM UTC
- The Turkish Lira consolidated near a 1-1/2 year low hit in the previous session on soft consumer confidence figures and CBRT policy decision.
- Data released yesterday showed Turkey's consumer confidence index fell to a record low of 54.9 in April from 58.2 in the previous month.
- On Wednesday, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey lowered its one-week repo by 100 basis points to 8.75 percent to shore up an economy hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.
- USD/TRY is trading flat at 6.9757, having hit a high of 7.0079 on Wednesday, its highest since August 2018.
- Immediate resistance is located at 7.0086, any close above could take it above 7.0142.
- On the downside, support is seen at 6.9449 (5-DMA) and break below could take it near 6.9275.