NZD/USD struggles to capitalize on risk-on flows, stays in red above 0.64

US Commerce Secretary Ross confirms 90-day extension to Huawei ban.
US Dollar Index stays in consolidation following last week's rally.
Subdued trading action likely to continue in absence of macroeconomic data releases.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

After posting weekly losses for the fourth straight week last Friday, the NZD/USD pair started the new week in a calm manner and is now having a tough time setting its next near-term direction. As of writing, the pair was down 10 pips on the day at 0.6417.

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today said that they will be delaying the ban on Chinese tech giant Huawei to buy supplies from US companies for 90 days. However, the fact that Reuters on Saturday reported on that matter citing Commerce Department sources caused the market reaction to stay muted and didn't allow the trade-sensitive Kiwi to gather strength.

There won't be any macroeconomic data releases in the remainder of the day and investors are likely to stay focused on the headlines surrounding the US-China trade dispute.

Coming up later this week

On Tuesday, the bi-weekly Global Dairy Trade auction in New Zealand will be looked upon for fresh impetus. Meanwhile, Statistics New Zealand earlier today reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) in the second quarter rose 0.5% on a quarterly basis following the 0.5% decline recorded in the first quarter but did little to nothing to impact the pair's action.

Later this week, the FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday and retail sales data from New Zealand on Thursday are likely to bring the volatility back to markets.

Technical levels to watch for

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6416
Today Daily Change	-0.0012
Today Daily Change %	-0.19
Today daily open	0.6428

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6552
Daily SMA50	0.6605
Daily SMA100	0.662
Daily SMA200	0.6717

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6452
Previous Daily Low	0.6422
Previous Weekly High	0.6475
Previous Weekly Low	0.6421
Previous Monthly High	0.6792
Previous Monthly Low	0.6543
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6433
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.644
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6416
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6404
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6387
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.6446
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6463
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6475

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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