All eyes are on whether the euro/yen, which has broken below its daily support line, will recover
24.07.2024
- Canada: BOC Policy Rate and Statement Release
- UK Manufacturing/Services PMI
In the U.S. currency market the previous day, the U.S. dollar fell against the yen. The USD/JPY pair fell from 157.091 to 155.528.The price fell along the 20-period moving average on the hourly chart. On the 4-hour chart, the RSI has dropped to just below 30, indicating oversold conditions, and on the daily chart, the pair has hit a new low for the month. We will need to keep a close eye on price movements during U.S. trading hours to see if the U.S. dollar continues to weaken against the yen.
Despite a slight improvement in the Eurozone’s July consumer confidence index—which was released yesterday and rose from -14.0 in the previous month to -13.0—the euro fell against the yen. The euro/yen pair fell from 171.088 to 168.703, declining after encountering resistance at the 10-period moving average on the hourly chart.On the 4-hour chart, a band walk along the -2σ line of the Bollinger Bands is evident, and on the daily chart, the price has already broken below the 75-day moving average support line.
Today’s schedule includes the Malaysian Consumer Price Index at 1:00 p.m., India’s Manufacturing/Services PMI at 2:00 p.m., Germany’s GfK Consumer Confidence Index at 3:00 p.m., France’s Manufacturing/Services PMI at 4:15 p.m., and Germany’sManufacturing/Services PMI, at 5:00 PM the South African Consumer Price Index, at 5:00 PM the Eurozone Manufacturing/Services PMI, at 5:30 PM the UK Manufacturing/Services PMI, at 8:00 PM the U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index, at 9:30 PM U.S. Wholesale Inventories,at 10:45 PM, the U.S. PMI Purchasing Managers’ Index and the Bank of Canada’s policy rate announcement and statement; at 11:00 PM, U.S. new home sales; and at 11:30 PM, a press conference by Bank of Canada Governor Macleam.We’ll be watching to see if the EUR/JPY, which has broken below its daily support line, will recover, as the market direction remains uncertain.
