USD/INR Price News: Bulls recapture 76.00 on softer oil prices, US NFP eyed

USD/INR has jumped near 76.00 as oil prices took a plunge on higher supply.
Biden’s 180 million barrel oil release announcement has hammered the oil prices.
Investors will focus on US NFP as it will dictate the extent of the rate hike by the Fed.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The USD/INR pair has reclaimed 76.00 amid falling oil prices after US President Joe Biden announced a release of one million barrels per day for six months out of their Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) from May. The move has brought a bloodbath in the oil market as oil prices have plunged more than 6% on Thursday.

India, being a major importer of oil is going to benefit from the falling oil prices going forward. To corner the soaring inflation, US President Joe Biden has urged US oil exploration companies to utilize their spare capacities and pump more oil, which will support price stability in the oil market. This is high time to think about the individuals and American families in place of the prolonged investors who have drawn sheer dividends earlier. It is the third event in the last six months when the US administration has announced an oil release from the SPR.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) has witnessed an open-test drive session on Friday in which the initial downtick is violated decisively by the bulls. The DXY has been established above 98.00 amid uncertainty over the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP), which is due on Friday. A preliminary estimate shows NFP release at 490k against the previous figure of 678k. This will have a significant impact on the likely monetary policy decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in May.

USD/INR

Overview
Today last price	75.9188
Today Daily Change	0.0105
Today Daily Change %	0.01
Today daily open	75.9083

Trends
Daily SMA20	76.282
Daily SMA50	75.5244
Daily SMA100	75.1838
Daily SMA200	74.7453

Levels
Previous Daily High	75.9658
Previous Daily Low	75.6557
Previous Weekly High	76.606
Previous Weekly Low	75.9466
Previous Monthly High	77.1725
Previous Monthly Low	75.2242
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	75.8473
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	75.7741
Daily Pivot Point S1	75.7208
Daily Pivot Point S2	75.5332
Daily Pivot Point S3	75.4107
Daily Pivot Point R1	76.0308
Daily Pivot Point R2	76.1533
Daily Pivot Point R3	76.3408

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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