AUD/USD breaks key resistance and approaches 0.6800 as US Dollar slides

US Dollar falls across the board on Thursday, amid risk appetite.
AUD/USD strengthens after breaking 0.6750, trims weekly losses.
US Initial Jobless Claims rise to 230K and Continuing Claims hit fresh monthly highs.

Matías Salord FXStreet

A slide of the US Dollar across the board boosted the AUD/USD pair that broke above 0.6745. It hit three-day highs at 0.6769 following US economic data and then pulled back to 0.6755/60.

The US Dollar is falling modestly while commodity currencies are rising strongly. Gold, silver and crude oil are all up. The DXY is down just 0.05% at 105.10. US Treasury yields hold steady, marginally higher.

Regarding economic data, US Initial Jobless Claims rose as expected to 230K in the week ended December 3 while Continuing Claims increased by 62K to 1.671 million in the week ended November 26, above the 1.575 million of market consensus, hitting the highest level since early February. On Friday, China will report the Consumer Price Index for November which is expected to show an increase of 1.5% (annual).

Positive short-term outlook for AUD above 0.6750

The AUD/USD gained momentum after breaking the 0.6740/50 area that capped the upside during the previous two trading days. While above this level, the outlook is bullish of the Aussie in the very short-term. The next resistance is seen at 0.6780 followed by 0.6795.

A slide back under 0.6740 would weaken the pair, exposing the next support area at 0.6710. Below, the next one stands at 0.6680.

Technical levels

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6747
Today Daily Change	0.0020
Today Daily Change %	0.30
Today daily open	0.6727

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6712
Daily SMA50	0.6513
Daily SMA100	0.6683
Daily SMA200	0.6916

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6742
Previous Daily Low	0.6669
Previous Weekly High	0.6845
Previous Weekly Low	0.664
Previous Monthly High	0.6801
Previous Monthly Low	0.6272
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6714
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6697
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6683
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6639
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.661
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.6757
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6786
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.683

Author

Matías Salord

FXStreet

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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