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NZD/USD is looking vulnerable, close to 0.6120 support

  • The New Zealand Dollar’s rebound failed at 0.6175.
  • The USD remains bid ahead of the ADP report.
  • NZD/USD is forming an H&S pattern with the neckline at 0.6120.


New Zealand’s dollar remains unable to put a significant distance from the 0.6120 support level tested on Tuesday with upside attempts limited below 0.6175 so far.

US ADP Employment on focus

The moderate risk appetite favours the Kiwi, although the uptick on US Treasury yields maintains the Dollar buoyed on Wednesday, ahead of the release of the US ADP employment report.

Tuesday’s data offered a mixed picture, with the US ISM showing better than expected readings although the JOLTs Job Openings confirmed that the labour market is cooling.

The Technical picture shows the longer-term rally losing steam, with the recent price action forming a Head and Shoulders figure, often a sign of a trend change.

The neckline of the mentioned H&S is at 0.6120, with the next support levels at 0.6050 and 0.6000. Resistances are 0.6220 and 0.6340.

Technical levels to watch

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price0.6155
Today Daily Change0.0027
Today Daily Change %0.44
Today daily open0.6128
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.6042
Daily SMA500.5963
Daily SMA1000.5983
Daily SMA2000.6089
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.6175
Previous Daily Low0.6125
Previous Weekly High0.6208
Previous Weekly Low0.606
Previous Monthly High0.6208
Previous Monthly Low0.5788
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.6144
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.6156
Daily Pivot Point S10.611
Daily Pivot Point S20.6093
Daily Pivot Point S30.606
Daily Pivot Point R10.616
Daily Pivot Point R20.6193
Daily Pivot Point R30.621

(This story was corrected on December 6 at 14:10 GMT to say, in the headline, bullet points and first graph, that the NZD/USD levels are at 0.6120 and 0.6175, not 1.6120 and 1.6175.)

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Guillermo Alcala

Graduated in Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Pais Vasco and Universiteit van Amsterdam, Guillermo has been working as financial news editor and copywriter in diverse Forex-related firms, like FXStreet and Kantox.

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