NZD/USD goes into consolidation below 0.6700, looks to post highest daily close of 2020

NZD/USD builds on last week's gains on Monday.
Broad-based USD weakness helps the pair push higher.
Statistics New Zealand will release Total Filled Jobs data on Tuesday.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

The NZD/USD pair gathered bullish momentum after closing the previous week in the positive territory and touched its best level since early January at 0.6693. As of writing, the pair was up 0.7% on the day at 0.6682 and was on track to post its highest daily close since the last day of 2019.

DXY slumps ahead of FOMC meeting, key US data

The unabated selling pressure surrounding the greenback remains as the main market theme on Monday. With the US data pointing out to a sluggish recovery in the US economy, investors seem to be pricing further expansionary adjustments in the Fed's monetary policy. At the moment, the US Dollar Index (DXY) is down 0.76% on a daily basis at 93.63.

Earlier in the day, the US Census Bureau reported that Durable Goods Orders in July rose by 7.3% in July following June's increase of 15.1%. Additionally, Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Index improved slightly to -3 in July but showed an ongoing contraction in Texas'manufacturing activity.

In the early trading hours of the Asian session on Tuesday, Statistics New Zealand will publish the Total Filled Jobs data for June. More importantly, the FOMC will release its policy statement on Wednesday before the US Bureau of Economic Analysis announces the second-quarter GDP figures on Thursday.

Technical levels to watch for

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6686
Today Daily Change	0.0045
Today Daily Change %	0.68
Today daily open	0.6641

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6555
Daily SMA50	0.6429
Daily SMA100	0.6218
Daily SMA200	0.635

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6655
Previous Daily Low	0.6614
Previous Weekly High	0.6691
Previous Weekly Low	0.6538
Previous Monthly High	0.6585
Previous Monthly Low	0.6186
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6639
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.663
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6619
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6596
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6578
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.666
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6678
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6701

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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