USDCAD on Wednesday rose 0.09% to 1.3547. Pair in consolidation. Winners and losers.



Wednesday
Open High Low Close
1.35351 1.35685 1.35100 1.35474
Performance after Wednesday
Period Pct Chg Momentum
Wednesday 0.09% 12.4 Pips
Week to-date 0.55% 74.1 Pips
February 1.82% 242.3 Pips

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What happened lately

๐Ÿ“† ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USD S&P Global Composite PMI in February preliminary estimate exceed forecast and rose to 50.2 points compared to previous figure 46.8 points in January. Source
๐Ÿ“† ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USD S&P Global Services PMI in February preliminary estimate exceed forecast and rose to 50.5 points compared to previous figure 46.8 points in January. Source
๐Ÿ“† ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CAD Consumer Price Index (YoY) in January below forecast and dropped to 5.9% compared to previous figure 6.3% in December. Source
๐Ÿ“† โ˜ข๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CAD Retail Sales (MoM) in December exceed forecast and rose to 0.5% compared to previous figure -0.1% in November. Source
๐Ÿ“† ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ CAD Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) in December exceed forecast and dropped to -0.6% compared to previous figure -0.5, revised from -0.6% in November. Source


What can we expect from USDCAD today?

USDCAD on Wednesday rose 0.09% to 1.3547. Price is above 9-Day EMA while Stochastic is rising but in overbought zone.

Updated daily direction for USDCAD looks mixed as the pair is likely to consolidate above 1.35154 (S1).

Looking ahead today, to see upside interest, we prefer to look at price breakout of last daily high of 1.3568 or trades above daily pivot 1.35420 while to the downside, the daily low of 1.3510 and 1.35154 (S1) as key support levels. USDCAD need to break on either side to indicate a short-term bias. A break above 1.3568 would suggest bullish bias after recent positive movement.

For the week to-date, take note that USDCAD is bullish as the pair continued to trade higher and is up by 0.55% over the past few days.

Key levels to watch out:

R3 1.36324
R2 1.36005
R1 1.35739
Daily Pivot 1.35420
S1 1.35154
S2 1.34835
S3 1.34569

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Last updated: 11:37 pm UTC, 22-Feb 2023

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