- The Turkish Lira plunged to a fresh 9-1/2 month low despite better-than-expected business confidence and capacity utilization.
- Turkey's manufacturing confidence index increased to 106.9 in February, the highest since May 2018, while capacity utilization increased to 76 percent in February from 75.50 percent in January of 2020
- USD/TRY is trading 0.9 percent up at 6.1470, having hit a high of 6.1555 earlier, its highest since May 10.
- Momentum indicators are bullish - RSI strong at 82, MACD supports upside and Stochs are at overbought levels.
- Immediate resistance is located at 6.1611, any close above could take it above 6.1868 / 6.2022
- On the downside, support is seen at 6.0846 and break below could take it near 6.0735 (5-DMA).
Recommendation: Good to buy on dips around 6.1165, with stop loss of 6.0846 and target price of 6.1611.