AUD/USD weakens amid risk aversion, falls to the 0.6910 area
- US: CB Consumer sentiment falls to a 16-month low.
- Stocks turned lower, main indexes fall by 1% on average.
- AUD/USD falls from six-day highs toward 0.6900.
US stocks turned to the downside on Tuesday and boosted the US dollar. The AUD/USD dropped to 0.6909, hitting a fresh daily low. It remains under 0.6930 with a bearish intraday bias. Earlier it climbed to a six-day high of 0.6964.
Since last Friday, AUD/USD is moving sideways between 0.6910 and 0.6960 with a modest bullish bias. Still unable to move significantly away from the 2-year low at 0.6823 it reached during May.
Risk-off weighs on AUD
The AUD/USD found support so far on Tuesday above the support area of 0.6905/10. A break lower could trigger more losses; the next strong support stands at 0.6870, around last week’s low. On the upside the immediate resistance could be seen at the 20-hour Simple Moving Average at 0.6930.
Stocks erased earlier gains. The S&P 500 is falling by 1.07%. The decline in Consumer Sentiment weighed on sentiment. Conference Board’s index dropped to the lowest level in 16 months in June amid rising inflation and a negative growth outlook.
On Wednesday, retail sales data is due in Australia at 01:30 GMT (market consensus: 0.4%). Analysts at TD Securities see a 0.5% increase. “A strong retail beat will strengthen the case for another aggressive move by the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) in July after their outsized 50bps hike this month.”
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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.
