USD/CHF fails to hold above the 20-day SMA amid weak US PMIs

The USD/CHF rises to a daily high of 0.9000, above the 20-day SMA, then retreats towards the 0.8960 area.
Soft Swiss inflation figures from June weakened the Swiss Franc during the European session.
US Manufacturing PMI dropped to 46 in June, weighing on the US Dollar.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

At the start of the week, the USD/CHF saw some volatility but remained in positive territory. Soft inflation figures from Switzerland weakened the Swiss Franc leading USD/CHF to rise initially while falling Treasury yields made the USD lose interest following a soft Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) release. The pair remains in positive territory, however, but has erased its daily gains which had seen the pair jump to a high of 0.9000 during the European session.

US yields fall after weak US Manufacturing PMI

The latest release from the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for June showed a reading of 46, coming in below the 47.2 expected and the previous figure of 46.9.

Despite US yields retreating across the board, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish expectations for July remain steady. According to the CME FedWatch Tool, a 25 basis points (bps) hike at the next meeting on July 31 is almost priced in, while the odds of another 25 bps hike in 2023 have risen to around 40%. In addition, markets await Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) data on Friday, which will continue modelling the expectations for the next Fed decision.

On the other hand, Switzerland's Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined to 1.7% in June, falling from 2.2% in May and falling short of the forecasted 1.8%. This drop brought the Swiss CPI back within the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) target range of 0% to 2%, marking the first time it has been within this range since January 2022. In that sense, dovish bets on the SNB seem to have weakened the CHF, but markets still discount at least one more hike this year.

USD/CHF Levels to watch

According to the daily chart, the technical outlook still favours the CHF despite daily losses. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) still hold in negative territory. In addition, the pair trades below the 20, 100 and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMA), suggesting that the sellers are in control.

Resistance Levels to watch: 0.8978 (20-day SMA), 0.9000, 0.9050.
Support Levels to watch: 0.8940, 0.8915,0.8900.

USD/CHF Daily chart

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.8957
Today Daily Change	0.0002
Today Daily Change %	0.02
Today daily open	0.8955

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.8994
Daily SMA50	0.8981
Daily SMA100	0.9085
Daily SMA200	0.9305

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9017
Previous Daily Low	0.8936
Previous Weekly High	0.9017
Previous Weekly Low	0.8912
Previous Monthly High	0.912
Previous Monthly Low	0.8902
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.8967
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.8986
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.8921
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.8888
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.884
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9003
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9051
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.9084

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Patricio Martín

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Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

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