AUD/USD retreats from over one-month tops post-Australian jobs data/Chinese CPI

AUD/USD struggled to capitalize on its modest intraday uptick to over one-month tops.
The mixed Australian jobs report, softer Chinese CPI acted as a headwind for the pair.
A slight USD rebound also exerted some pressure; the risk-on mood helped limit losses.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The AUD/USD pair surrendered modest Asian session gains to over one-month tops and was last seen trading in the neutral territory, around the 0.7375 region.

The pair built on the previous day's post-US CPI positive move and gained some follow-through traction during the early part of the trading action on Thursday. The momentum pushed the AUD/USD pair to the highest level since September 10, albeit lacked any follow-through and faltered just ahead of the 0.7400 mark.

The Australian dollar was undermined by mixed domestic employment details, showing that the number of employed people decreased by 138K in September. This comes on the back of the previous month's decline of 146.3K and was accompanied by a modest uptick in the unemployment rate to 4.6% from 4.5% recorded in August.

Adding to this, softer Chinese CPI print, coming in at 0.7% YoY rate for September, further acted as a headwind for the China-proxy aussie amid a modest US dollar uptick. That said, a generally positive tone around the equity markets extended some support to perceived riskier currencies and helped limit the downside.

Hence, it will be prudent to wait for a strong follow-through selling before confirming that the recent move up witnessed over the past two weeks or so has run out of steam. Market participants now look forward to the US economic docket, featuring the release of Weekly Jobless Claims and PPI figures, for a fresh impetus.

Technical levels to watch

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.7379
Today Daily Change	0.0001
Today Daily Change %	0.01
Today daily open	0.7378

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.7279
Daily SMA50	0.7305
Daily SMA100	0.7419
Daily SMA200	0.7574

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.7383
Previous Daily Low	0.7322
Previous Weekly High	0.7339
Previous Weekly Low	0.7226
Previous Monthly High	0.7478
Previous Monthly Low	0.717
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.736
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.7346
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.7339
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.7301
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.7279
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.74
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.7422
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.746

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Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

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

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