AUD/USD renews multi-week highs, closes in on 0.7350

AUD/USD started the new week on a firm footing.
US Dollar Index continues to move sideways above 94.00.
Rising copper prices help AUD gather strength on Monday.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

The AUD/USD pair closed the previous week modestly higher and preserved its bullish momentum on Monday. As of writing, the pair was trading at its highest level since mid-September at 0.7344, rising 0.5% on a daily basis.

In the absence of significant fundamental drivers and high-tier macroeconomic data releases, rising copper prices seem to be providing a boost to the commodity-related AUD at the start of the week. Currently, copper futures on COMEX are up 1.5% on a daily basis.

In the meantime, US stocks index futures are down between 0.55% and 0.16% during the European trading hours, suggesting that the cautious market mood could make it difficult for AUD/USD to continue to edge higher in the American session.

At the moment, the US Dollar Index is posting small daily gains at 94.15. The US bond markets will be closed due to the Columbus Day holiday and the risk sentiment is likely to impact the USD's valuation in the second half of the day.

On Tuesday, September HIA New Home Sales and National Australia Bank's Business Confidence data from Australia will be looked upon for fresh impetus.

AUD/USD near-term outlook

OCBC Bank analysts think that the AUD/USD pair could target 0.7400 next after managing to close the previous week above 0.7300.

"ACGBs has underperformed USTs in run higher in yield, providing some additional support for the AUD beyond risk sentiment," analysts added.

AUD/USD set to pounce the 0.7400 level – OCBC.

Technical levels to watch for

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.7342
Today Daily Change	0.0033
Today Daily Change %	0.45
Today daily open	0.7309

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.7276
Daily SMA50	0.7307
Daily SMA100	0.7431
Daily SMA200	0.7579

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.7339
Previous Daily Low	0.7288
Previous Weekly High	0.7339
Previous Weekly Low	0.7226
Previous Monthly High	0.7478
Previous Monthly Low	0.717
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.7307
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.7319
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.7285
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.726
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.7233
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.7336
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.7363
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.7388

Author

Eren Sengezer

FXStreet

As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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