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AUD/USD extends its reversal below 0.6800 as the US Dollar trims losses

  • The extends its corrective reversal and explores levels below 0.6800.
  • Hopes of Fed cutts in 2024 are keeping US Dollar bulls in check.
  • AUD/USD is set to end the year practically unchanged.

The Australian Dollar is on a corrective reversal from multi-month highs at 0.6870, reaching intra-day lows right below 0.6800 as the US Dollar pares previous days’ losses in a light trading session.

The pair is on track to end the year practically unchanged as the last two months’s rally has contributed to erasing losses after a sharp decline in the first half of the year.

The US Dollar is regaining lost ground on the last trading day of the year, although yet with market speculation of Fed cuts in 2024 is likely to limit gains.

In the calendar today, the Chicago PMI is expected to confirm the softer economic outlook suggested by the higher-than-expected jobless claims and the stalling home sales seen on Thursday.

From a broader perspective, the bias remains positive, with the current reversal seen as a correction from overbought levels. Immediate support lies at 0.6780 and below here, 0.6720. On the upside, resistances are at 0.6845 and 0.6870.

Technical levels to watch

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price0.6796
Today Daily Change-0.0035
Today Daily Change %-0.51
Today daily open0.6831
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.6694
Daily SMA500.6552
Daily SMA1000.6481
Daily SMA2000.6582
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.6871
Previous Daily Low0.6824
Previous Weekly High0.6825
Previous Weekly Low0.669
Previous Monthly High0.6677
Previous Monthly Low0.6318
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.6842
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.6853
Daily Pivot Point S10.6813
Daily Pivot Point S20.6795
Daily Pivot Point S30.6766
Daily Pivot Point R10.686
Daily Pivot Point R20.6889
Daily Pivot Point R30.6907

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Guillermo Alcala

Graduated in Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Pais Vasco and Universiteit van Amsterdam, Guillermo has been working as financial news editor and copywriter in diverse Forex-related firms, like FXStreet and Kantox.

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