USD/CAD is dragging towards 1.2500 on a weak US dollar index

USD/CAD retreats to 1.2520 session low, as the US dollar index eases.
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Canada, no tsunami alert.
Markets eye BoC Interest Rate Decision on Wednesday.

Harsh Japee Independent Analyst

USD/CAD is trading around the 1.2520 mark, as the US dollar index (DXY) drags lower toward 92.10 at the time of writing.

The US benchmark index S&P 500 futures are up 0.12 at 4,540, while the US 10-year yields are also trading higher at 1.339%.

Rising yields are not helping the US dollar index amidst risk-on sentiment, while Loonie finds a bid tone as WTI price pushes towards the $69.00 mark.

Meanwhile, an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has struck Canada on Tuesday. There has been no tsunami alert issued or any other losses/damage has been reported.

On the macro side, the US jobs data was a big miss on Friday. The US economy added just over 235,000 jobs in August versus the expected 750,000.

The US dollar index, which measures the strength of the greenback against six majors, slipped to a near four-week low to 91.94 level.

Market participants cheered as fears of an early Fed tapering eased, over concerns on job data, inflation, and worsening Delta variant situation in the US.

Going forward, investors will be taking cues from the Bank of Canada Interest Rate Decision, set to be released on Wednesday.

Technical levels

USD/CAD is trading close to the 1.2520 mark, with initial support at 1.2494, the September 2 low.

Immediate resistance is at 1.2560, followed by 1.2650, August 31 high.

Overview
Today last price	1.2526
Today Daily Change	-0.0007
Today Daily Change %	-0.06
Today daily open	1.2533

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2609
Daily SMA50	1.2552
Daily SMA100	1.2382
Daily SMA200	1.2531

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2559
Previous Daily Low	1.2518
Previous Weekly High	1.2654
Previous Weekly Low	1.2494
Previous Monthly High	1.2949
Previous Monthly Low	1.2453
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2543
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2533
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2514
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2495
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2472
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2556
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2578
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2597

Author

Harsh Japee

Independent Analyst

Worked as a Network Specialist and was involved in many Wide Area Network implementation projects for Corporates and Stock Exchanges in India. Got involved into Forex Markets, since early 2006.

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