- NZD/USD has sharply dived below 0.6020 amid mixed China’s Official PMI data.
- China’s Manufacturing PMI at 48.8, lower than the estimates of 49.4 while Non-Manufacturing PMI jumped to 54.5 vs. 50.7.
- NZD/USD has formed a Bullish Divergence which indicates exhaustion in the downside momentum.
The NZD/USD pair has tumbled to near 0.6016 after the release of mixed China’s official PMI data (May). China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported Manufacturing PMI at 48.8, lower than the estimates of 49.4 and the former release of 49.2. While Non-Manufacturing PMI jumped to 54.5 from the consensus of 50.7 but remained lower than the former figure of 56.4.
The US Dollar Index (DXY) has extended its retreat move further below 104.04 as an approval of a raise in the US debt-ceiling has weakened its appeal. Going forward, the USD Index will be guided by the release of the US Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Employment Change data.
Going forward, New Zealand Dollar will continue its action ahead of the release of the Caixin Manufacturing PMI data (May). As per the consensus, the economic data is seen steady at 49.5. It is worth noting that New Zealand is one of the leading trading partners of China and a stagnant China's factory performance could impact the New Zealand Dollar.
NZD/USD has formed a Bullish Divergence on a two-hour scale, which indicates exhaustion in the downside momentum. The Kiwi asset was consistently making lower lows while the momentum oscillator Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) made higher lows. The bullish divergence would get triggered after a decisive break above the crucial resistance of 0.6070.
The 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 0.6048 is still acting as a barricade for the New Zealand Dollar bulls.
A confident break above the immediate resistance of 0.6070 will drive the Kiwi asset toward the horizontal resistance plotted from May 25 high at 0.6110 followed by May 01 low at 0.6160.
On the flip side, a downside move below the intraday low at 0.6015 will expose the asset for a fresh six-month low toward 11 November 2022 low at 0.5984. A slippage below the latter would expose the asset toward 02 November 2022 high at 0.5941.
NZD/USD two-hour chart
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