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USD/INR Price Analysis: Three-week-old hurdle defends Indian rupee buyers

  • USD/INR again retreats from a short-term key horizontal hurdle.
  • 100-SMA, monthly ascending trend line to test pair sellers.
  • RSI conditions, sustained trading beyond 200-SMA keeps buyers hopeful.

USD/INR fades the previous day’s corrective pullback, easing from a three-week-old horizontal resistance to 77.71 during Thursday’s mid-Asian session.

In doing so, the Indian rupee (INR) pair portrays the fifth rejection from the short-term key hurdle.

Even so, the pair’s successful trading above 100-SMA and a monthly ascending trend line join recently firmer RSI (14) to keep USD/INR buyers hopeful.

It’s worth noting that the quote’s weakness past 100-SMA and rising support line from early May, respectively near 77.60 and 77.43, will need validation from the 200-SMA level of 77.27 to convince the USD/INR bears.

Following that, the 77.00 threshold keeps the keys for the quote’s downward trajectory towards May’s low near 76.00.

Alternatively, a successful break of the previously stated horizontal resistance near 78.00 may not hesitate to refresh the record high of 78.12.

For that matter, the 80.00 psychological magnet will be crucial to watch for the USD/INR buyers.

USD/INR: Four-hour chart

Trend: Further upside expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price77.724
Today Daily Change0.0290
Today Daily Change %0.04%
Today daily open77.695
 
Trends
Daily SMA2077.5961
Daily SMA5076.8455
Daily SMA10076.1705
Daily SMA20075.3741
 
Levels
Previous Daily High77.9235
Previous Daily Low77.5889
Previous Weekly High77.9419
Previous Weekly Low77.3791
Previous Monthly High78.12
Previous Monthly Low75.9846
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%77.7957
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%77.7167
Daily Pivot Point S177.5481
Daily Pivot Point S277.4012
Daily Pivot Point S377.2135
Daily Pivot Point R177.8827
Daily Pivot Point R278.0704
Daily Pivot Point R378.2173

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Anil Panchal

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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