NZD/USD Price Analysis: Bearish overtones persist, bullish hints emerge on the horizon

The daily MACD shows a slight positive momentum, despite the overall bearish bias.
The daily RSI indicates that the sellers are dominating, though the indicator's flat trajectory suggests that the bearish momentum may be slowing.
On the hourly chart, the RSI oscillated near the neutral zone, showing inconsistent bearish-bullish signals.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

The NZD/USD pair is trading at 0.6013, indicating a drop of 0.26% in Friday's session but will close a winning week. The prolonged downward trend suggests that sellers command the current market. However, the short-term outlook reveals a slight bullish momentum, which could lead to a period of sideways trading in the next sessions.

The daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) resides in negative territory, with a slightly flat slope, indicating sellers dominate this market but seem to be taking a breather. Moreover, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) histogram has registered a green bar, pointing to a slight emergence of positive momentum.

NZD/USD daily chart

On the hourly chart, the most recent RSI reading of 47 hovers close to the neutral zone while the MACD histogram draws flat green bars, which can be interpreted as somewhat positive short-term momentum.

NZD/USD hourly chart

Regarding the overall trend, the NZD/USD remains under the 20,100 and 200-day SMA indicating that the overall trend favors the bears. So in case the buyers manage to gain ground, any movement below these levels wouldn’t be considered a serious buying signal.

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6012
Today Daily Change	-0.0013
Today Daily Change %	-0.22
Today daily open	0.6025

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6052
Daily SMA50	0.6095
Daily SMA100	0.6138
Daily SMA200	0.607

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6047
Previous Daily Low	0.5993
Previous Weekly High	0.6032
Previous Weekly Low	0.5956
Previous Monthly High	0.6218
Previous Monthly Low	0.5956
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6026
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6014
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.5996
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.5968
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.5942
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.605
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6076
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6104

Author

Patricio Martín

FXStreet

Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

EUR/USD struggles to build on recent rebound, holds above 1.1550

EUR/USD trades marginally lower on the day but holds above 1.1550 in the American session, following Thursday's rebound. The pair holds near its intraday high as the US Dollar remains pressured by hopes the Middle East conflict will soon come to an end.

GBP/USD hovers around 1.3400 as investors await war clarity

GBP/USD remains near its daily open, not far from 1.3400, in the second half of Friday's session. The US Dollar lost its previous intraday strength and weakens as investors await clarity on the US-Iran war.

Gold stabilizes above $4,200 as wait-and-see continues

After rising more than 3% on Thursday, Gold (XAU/USD) stabilized around the $4,200 mark in the American session on Friday. The US dollar seesaws between gains and losses, but remains within familiar levels as investors remain skeptical yet hopeful about a resolution to the Middle East conflict.

Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP recovery slows amid incessant capital outflows

The cryptocurrency remains in a broader corrective bias on Friday, despite majors such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) holding slightly higher than early-week support levels.

SpaceX launches 24% higher at Friday debut

Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX), aka SpaceX, zoomed 24% higher soon after the start of its first IPO trading day on Friday. Shares of the rocket and artificial intelligence (AI) company founded by Elon Musk began trading at about 11:46 am EST and quickly gained speed.

4.2% headline, 0.2% core: Why the Fed's next hike may be targeting the wrong problem

May's CPI put headline inflation at 4.2% on the year, up from 3.8% in April and the hottest reading since April 2023, while core prices rose just 0.2% on the month, undershooting the 0.3% consensus and halving April's pace.