USD/CHF: New rebound at the near-term support line at 0.9645 – Commerzbank

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USD/CHF has again bounced from the short-term uptrend, which today is located at 0.9645, Karen Jones, Team Head FICC Technical Analysis Research at Commerzbank, briefs. The pair trades at 0.97123 at the time of writing.

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“It is possible that the market will retest the 200-day ma at 0.9786, however, we suspect that this will hold the topside. Uptrend support guards the April and current May lows at 0.9597/89.”

“Below 0.9597/89 lies the 0.9501 support and 0.9457, the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement. The market is side lined but offered near-term within this range.”

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