USD/CHF clings to modest daily gains, comfortably above mid-0.9700s

The USD builds on the overnight rebound and remains supported by the ongoing recovery in the US bond yields.
Mnuchin’s positive trade-related comments lift global risk sentiment and undermine CHF’s safe-haven demand.
Market participants now eye Wednesday’s release of US durable goods orders data for some trading impetus.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The USD/CHF pair extended its sideways consolidative price action on Wednesday and remained well within the previous session's broader trading range.

A goodish US Dollar uptick, which got an additional boost from not so dovish remarks by St Louis Fed President James Bullard and the Fed Chair Jerome Powell, helped the pair to stage a solid intraday rebound from sub-0.9700 level, or fresh yearly lows on Tuesday.

The greenback built on its overnight steady recovery from multi-month lows and was further supported by a pickup in the US Treasury bond yields, which was eventually seen assisting the pair to hold with modest gains through the early European session on Wednesday.

This coupled with the latest positive comments by the US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, saying that the US-China trade deal is 90% complete, lifted the global risk sentiment, which undermined the Swiss Franc's safe-haven demand and remained supportive.

It, however, remains to be seen if the pair is able to capitalize on the recovery move or meets with some fresh supply as the focus now shifts to the US President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi on the sidelines of G20 summit later this week.

In the meantime, the US economic docket - featuring the release of durable goods orders data will be looked upon for some short-term trading opportunities later during the early North-American session on Wednesday.

Technical levels to watch

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.9763
Today Daily Change	0.0008
Today Daily Change %	0.08
Today daily open	0.9755

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9922
Daily SMA50	1.0049
Daily SMA100	1.0031
Daily SMA200	0.9975

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9778
Previous Daily Low	0.9693
Previous Weekly High	1.0016
Previous Weekly Low	0.9756
Previous Monthly High	1.0227
Previous Monthly Low	1
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9745
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9725
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9706
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9657
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9622
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9791
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9826
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.9875

Author

Haresh Menghani

FXStreet

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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