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FxWirePro: USD/TRY consolidates below 7.000 after CBRT lowers policy rate by 100 bps

  • 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.
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