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Swiss Franc on the Rise: Should We Keep an Eye on Its Upside Potential?

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Swiss Franc on the Rise: Should We Keep an Eye on Its Upside Potential?

30.04.2026

Today's Highlights
  1. UK: BOE Policy Rate and Statement Announcement
  2. U.S. Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims

In the U.S. currency market the previous day, the U.S. dollar strengthened following the FOMC meeting, rising against the euro. The EUR/USD pair fell from 1.1720 to 1.1661, declining along the 20-period moving average (MA) on the hourly chart.On the 4-hour chart, the price has broken below the 200-period EMA—which had been acting as support—with a real-body candle. On the daily chart, the price is in a phase of transitioning from above the 20-period MA to below it. On the weekly chart, the price is forming lower highs; it failed to reach a new high and has since pulled back.

Among European currencies, the Swiss franc rose against the yen. The CHF/JPY pair rose from 201.751 to 202.909. It moved from below the 20-period moving average (MA) on the hourly chart to above it.On the 4-hour chart, the price is rebounding off the 200-period simple moving average (SMA), which is acting as a support level, and on the daily chart, it has recovered from below the 20-period moving average—which it had temporarily broken below—to above it.

Today, at 8:50, Japan’s retail sales and department store/supermarket sales, and Japan’s industrial production; at 10:00, New Zealand’s ANZ Business Confidence Index; at 10:30, Australia’s Import Price Index; at 14:00, Japan’s housing starts; at 16:55, Germany’sEmployment Report, at 5:00 PM: Germany’s Real GDP, at 6:00 PM: Eurozone’s Real GDP, Eurozone’s Consumer Price Index, and Eurozone’s Employment Report, at 8:00 PM: UK’sBOE Policy Rate and Statement, 8:30 PM UK: BOE Governor Bailey’s Press Conference, 9:15 PM Eurozone: ECB Policy Rate and Statement, 9:30 PM US: Initial Jobless Claims, US: Personal Income, US: Real GDP,Canada: Real GDP; 9:45 PM: Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde’s press conference; 10:45 PM: U.S. – Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index; 11:00 PM: U.S. – Leading Economic Index. We will be closely monitoring the upside potential of the Swiss franc, which has risen against the yen.

桜井 慶介

Author: Keisuke Sakurai

He has over 10 years of experience in FX trading. In the financial sector, he has been involved in investment management focused primarily on foreign exchange markets and has experience as an asset management advisor. Drawing on his extensive experience, he specializes in technical and fundamental analysis.

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