USD/CAD continues to move sideways around 1.2100

USD/CAD is struggling to find direction on Tuesday.
US Dollar Index rebounds from daily lows, looks to close modestly lower.
WTI stays in a consolidation phase around $65.

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

The USD/CAD pair closed the previous four trading days in the negative territory and extended its slide to the lowest level since September 2017 at 1.2077 on Tuesday. However, the risk-averse market environment made it difficult for the CAD to preserve its strength and the pair managed to stage a rebound in the second half of the day. As of writing, USD/CAD was virtually unchanged on the day at 1.2094.

USD selloff pauses

Major European equity indexes suffered heavy losses on Tuesday and Wall Street's main indexes opened deep in the negative territory, helping the greenback show some resilience against its peers. The US Dollar Index, which touched an 11-week low of 89.98 earlier in the day, was last down 0.11% on the day at 90.17.

The data from the US showed that the NFIB Business Optimism Index improved to 99.8 in April from 98.2 and JOLTS Job Openings rose to 8.1 million, compared to analysts' estimate of 7.5 million. Nevertheless, these figures failed to trigger a meaningful market reaction.

On the other hand, crude oil prices continue to fluctuate in a relatively tight range on Tuesday, limiting the commodity-sensitive loonie's gains limited for the time being. Ahead of the American Petroleum Institue's Weekly Crude Oil Stock report, the barrel of West Texas Intermediate is posting small daily gains near $64.

There won't be any significant macroeconomic data releases featured in the Canadian economic docket on Wednesday and investors will be paying close attention to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the US.

Technical levels to watch for

USD/CAD

Overview
Today last price	1.2086
Today Daily Change	-0.0015
Today Daily Change %	-0.12
Today daily open	1.2101

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2383
Daily SMA50	1.2493
Daily SMA100	1.261
Daily SMA200	1.2867

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2137
Previous Daily Low	1.2079
Previous Weekly High	1.2352
Previous Weekly Low	1.2122
Previous Monthly High	1.2654
Previous Monthly Low	1.2266
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2101
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2115
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2075
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2048
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2017
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2132
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2163
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.219

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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