Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Currency Report

Currency Trading - The Rand Report
Global Commentary
Technical Data on 9 February
Asia stocks rose the most in a month, the yen fell to a three-month low and metals rallied after China pledged to help resolve Europe’s debt crisis.
European officials ratcheted up the pressure on the Greek government to deliver budget cuts in exchange for a second bailout as they insisted that default is not an option.
Finance ministers cancelled a Brussels meeting slated for today and will hold a teleconference instead to prod Greece to do more to clinch an aid package worth 130 billion euros ($170 billion) along with about 100 billion Euros of debt relief from private bondholders. Greece needs the aid to make a 14.5 billion-euro bond payment on March 20.
Market Prices USD-ZAR
Open
7.7453
High
7.7687
Low
7.6772
Close
7.7453
Current Mid
7.6599
Change
-0.0620
% Change
0.800%
Volatility
20.07%

Trading Levels USD-ZAR
Resistance 3
7.8943
Resistance 2
7.8485
Resistance 1
7.8028
Pivot
7.7304
Support 1
7.6655
Support 2
7.6198
Support 3
7.5740

What to Watch


Traders View


Our view remains that the medium term outlook for continued ZAR strength is valid given supportive factors for the rand far outweighing any negatives. Look to sell into dollar strength.
Range for the day 7.5900-7.7400