AUD/USD consolidates the gains below 0.6650 amid falling oil, gold prices

Aussie stands tall amid risk-off, tracks the surge in Kiwi.
The T-yields crash and dollar slump underpin the AUD.
Sell-off in oil and gold prices keep the upside capped.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Having hit a fresh two-week high at 0.6658 earlier this Friday, AUD/USD has entered a phase of consolidation in the US session, now trading around 0.6630, up 0.30% on the day.

The upside in the Aussie is mainly driven by the massive rally in the NZD/USD pair amid a broad-based US dollar sell-off. The greenback tumbled alongside the US Treasury yields, as investors flocked to alternative higher-yielding assets, the Antipodeans, thereby bumping up their demand.

However, the further gains in the spot remain limited by the risk-off trading in the global stocks, as the coronavirus count rises rapidly across the globe and spooks investors. Also, the slump in oil prices, amid a fallout in the OPEC+ meeting to extend the oil output cuts, kept a lid on commodity-linked currency, the AUD.

Meanwhile, the bulls also remain concerned by the sharp reversal in gold prices from seven-year highs, in the wake of demand for liquidity amid falling equities. The side trend is likely to extend into the NY close, as the upbeat US NFP data did little to deter the Aussie bulls.

AUD/USD technical levels to consider

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6631
Today Daily Change	0.0024
Today Daily Change %	0.36
Today daily open	0.6602

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6638
Daily SMA50	0.6769
Daily SMA100	0.681
Daily SMA200	0.6835

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6638
Previous Daily Low	0.6584
Previous Weekly High	0.6628
Previous Weekly Low	0.6434
Previous Monthly High	0.6775
Previous Monthly Low	0.6434
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6604
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6617
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6578
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6554
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6524
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.6632
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6662
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6687

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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