USD/CHF flirts with session lows, around 0.9175-70 region

USD/CHF came under some renewed selling pressure on Thursday amid weaker USD.
The upbeat market mood undermined the safe-haven CHF and helped limit the slide.

Haresh Menghani FXStreet

The USD/CHF pair maintained its offered tone through the early North American session and was last seen hovering near daily lows, around the 0.9170 region.

The pair failed to capitalize on the previous day's modest rebound from one-week lows, instead met with some fresh supply on Thursday and was being pressured by a weaker tone surrounding the US dollar. Despite the overnight conflicting messages, the latest optimism over the next round of the US fiscal stimulus measures dented the greenback's status as the global reserve currency.

The USD remained on the defensive and largely shrugged off a strong pickup in the US Treasury bond yields. Even better-than-expected US economic releases – Initial Weekly Jobless Claims and core PCE price index – failed to impress bulls. However, the prevalent upbeat market mood undermined the safe-haven Swiss franc and helped limit any deeper losses for the USD/CHF pair.

Thursday's US economic docket also features the release of the ISM Manufacturing PMI. The data, however, might pass unnoticed as the focus remains on Friday's release of the closely watched US monthly jobs report (NFP). This makes it prudent to wait for some follow-through selling before positioning for any further near-term depreciating move.

Technical levels to watch

USD/CHF

Overview
Today last price	0.9176
Today Daily Change	-0.0034
Today Daily Change %	-0.37
Today daily open	0.921

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.9157
Daily SMA50	0.9133
Daily SMA100	0.9328
Daily SMA200	0.9508

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.9245
Previous Daily Low	0.9162
Previous Weekly High	0.9296
Previous Weekly Low	0.9087
Previous Monthly High	0.9296
Previous Monthly Low	0.8999
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.9213
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.9194
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.9166
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.9123
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.9084
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.9249
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.9288
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.9331

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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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