USD/CAD refreshes four-year top above 1.3800 as oil bears dominate

USD/CAD leaps forward to early-2016 tops while flashing four-day winning streak.
Oil prices bear the burden of risk aversion, margin increase, ignores geopolitical plays in Iraq.
The US PPI, coronavirus headlines will be important to watch for near-term direction.

Anil Panchal FXStreet

With oil prices declining more than 7%, USD/CAD ignores disappointment from the US fiscal measures as rising to the fresh four-year high of 1.3820 during early Thursday.

WTI drops to $31.10 by the press time as broad risk aversion, as well as news of increasing trade margins on crude future contracts, seem to weigh on the energy benchmark. Also disappointing the black gold traders are increasing oil inventory levels in the US.

On the other hand, US President Donald Trump unveiled details of his much-awaited fiscal measures to confront coronavirus (COVID-19) with tax reliefs and travel restrictions. However, a lack of spending boost got the market’s attention and triggered risk-off.

Following the news, the US 10-year treasury yields dropped further below 0.8% whereas S&P 500 Futures extend losses to the tune of 4.2% by the time of writing.

Looking forward, the US PPI numbers for February, expected to remain unchanged at 1.7%, can offer intermediate clues to the pair traders. However, updates relating to the virus as well as ECB can offer a bit stronger trade directions.

Technical Analysis

Unless declining below May 2019 top surrounding 1.3565, bulls are less likely to stop in their march towards 1.4000 psychological magnet.

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price	1.3804
Today Daily Change	29 pips
Today Daily Change %	0.21%
Today daily open	1.3775

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.3378
Daily SMA50	1.3236
Daily SMA100	1.3211
Daily SMA200	1.3214

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.3795
Previous Daily Low	1.3682
Previous Weekly High	1.344
Previous Weekly Low	1.3315
Previous Monthly High	1.3465
Previous Monthly Low	1.3202
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.3752
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.3725
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.3706
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.3637
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.3593
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.3819
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.3863
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.3932

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Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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