NZD/USD sees a relief rally toward 0.6200 ahead of US ADP data

NZD/USD is rebounding above 0.6150 early Wednesday.
Renewed US Dollar weakness is supporting the Kiwi amid a mixed mood.
Focus shifts to US ADP Employment Change data for fresh impetus.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

NZD/USD is staging a solid comeback. Heading toward 0.6200 in the Asian session on Wednesday. The pair is witnessing a relief rally after two days of sharp correction from five-month highs of 0.6223.

A broad-based US Dollar retreat is aiding the turnaround in the New Zealand Dollar (NZD), despite sagging Asian stocks and a fresh buying interest seen around the US Treasury bond yields.

Therefore, the rebound in the pair could be purely technically driven, helped by profit-taking on the recent US Dollar recovery, as traders reposition themselves ahead of the key US ADP Employment Change data due later in American trading on Wednesday.

The US Dollar pauses its recovery momentum, as markets reassess US Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate cut expectations after a set of mixed US economic data released on Tuesday.

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Tuesday that its Services PMI rebounded from a five-month low of 51.8 to 52.7 in November while the JOLTS Job Openings totaled 8.73 million for the month, a decline of 617,000, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

The NZD/USD pair tumbled to a three-day low of 0.6125 a day ago, tracking the sell-off in AUD/USD after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held the interest rate at 4.35% in November but adopted a cautious approach in its communication.

NZD/USD Technical levels to watch

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6168
Today Daily Change	0.0040
Today Daily Change %	0.65
Today daily open	0.6128

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6042
Daily SMA50	0.5963
Daily SMA100	0.5983
Daily SMA200	0.6089

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6175
Previous Daily Low	0.6125
Previous Weekly High	0.6208
Previous Weekly Low	0.606
Previous Monthly High	0.6208
Previous Monthly Low	0.5788
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6144
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6156
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.611
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6093
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.606
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.616
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6193
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.621

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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