AUD/USD retreats from highs, remains capped below mid-0.7700s

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

• Rising US bond yields prompt some fresh selling at higher levels.
• Weaker commodity prices further collaborate towards capping gains.

The AUD/USD pair trimmed some of its early strong gains and quickly retreated around 25-30 pips from session tops.

The pair failed to build on early up-move and once again met with some fresh supply ahead of mid-0.7700s, negating a heavily offered tone around the US Dollar.

A goodish pickup in the US Treasury bond yields was seen as one of the key factors prompting some fresh selling around higher-yielding currencies - like the Aussie.

This coupled with weaker copper prices further dented demand for the commodity-linked Australian Dollar and collaborated to the pair's retracement slide to the 0.7720 region.

The pair's inability to build on early up-move now seems to suggest that bulls lack any strong conviction and the near-term trajectory might still be far from over. Hence, a resumption of the pair's prior weakening trend, led by some fresh technical selling, now looks a distinct possibility.

Moving ahead, investors now look forward to speeches by various FOMC members for some fresh impetus amid empty US economic docket.

Technical levels to watch

A follow-through retracement back below the 0.7700-0.7690 region now seems to turn the pair vulnerable to extend the downfall towards 0.7640 intermediate support en-route the 0.7600 handle. On the upside, bulls would be eyeing for a sustained move beyond mid-0.7700s, above which a bout of short-covering could lift the pair further towards reclaiming the 0.7800 handle.

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Haresh Menghani

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Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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