AUD/JPY drops to 74.35 after Aussie data dump

AUD/JPY trims nearly 30 pips off its previous day’s gains.
Australia’s October month Trade Balance, Retail Sales disappoint AUD buyers.
Japan's government nears economic stimulus, US-China trade talks are going “very well”.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

AUD/JPY plummets to 74.36 amid the Asian session on Thursday. The pair reacts to the downbeat Retail Sales and Trade Balance numbers from Australia.

Australia’s October month Trade Balance slipped below 6,100M forecast to 4,502M while Retail Sales lagged behind 0.3% market consensus to 0.0%. This joins the previously released downbeat Aussie Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data and indicates hardships for the Australian dollar (AUD).

Read: Aussie data dump: Retail Sales, ( 0% vs 0.3% exp ) Trade Balance, ( 450M vs 6100M exp ) sends AUD/USD -0.18%

Further, Reuters’ news that Japan’s government is near to economic stimulus package worth about 13 trillion Japanese yen (JPY) also drags the pair down.

Trade sentiment again witnesses downside pressure as the Washington Post conveys that the United States (US) House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said President Trump’s conduct with Ukraine rose to an impeachable offense. Also contributing to the market pessimism could be the talks surrounding the US-Iran relation after The Telegraph said that the Trump administration considers 14,000 more troops for the Middle East.

While portraying the risk tone, the US 10-year treasury yields again drop below 1.70% by the press time. The risk barometer surged to 1.78% on Wednesday.

The pair traders were earlier cheering the US President Donald Trump’s comments that the trade talks with China are going “very well”.

With no major data on the economic calendar, investors will keep eyes on trade/political headlines for fresh direction.

Technical Analysis

Pair’s rise beyond the monthly top surrounding 74.85 holds the key to further increase towards a 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) level near 75.30 and November month high around 75.70. Sellers look for entry below two-week-old rising trend line, at 73.90 now.

additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	74.59
Today Daily Change	-2 pips
Today Daily Change %	-0.03%
Today daily open	74.61

Trends
Daily SMA20	74.23
Daily SMA50	73.88
Daily SMA100	73.48
Daily SMA200	75.34

Levels
Previous Daily High	74.65
Previous Daily Low	73.89
Previous Weekly High	74.3
Previous Weekly Low	73.7
Previous Monthly High	75.68
Previous Monthly Low	73.35
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	74.36
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	74.18
Daily Pivot Point S1	74.11
Daily Pivot Point S2	73.62
Daily Pivot Point S3	73.35
Daily Pivot Point R1	74.87
Daily Pivot Point R2	75.14
Daily Pivot Point R3	75.63

Author

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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