{"id":159584,"date":"2021-03-04T04:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/?p=159584"},"modified":"2021-03-04T04:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:30:25","slug":"040321-afternoon-session-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/information\/day\/040321-afternoon-session-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"040321 Afternoon Session Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>04 March 2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Afternoon Session Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Aussie steady following mixed data.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During late Asian session, the Australian dollar which traded against the greenback and other currency pairs have regain some traction despite recent data showing mixed numbers. Australia Retail Sales have eased to 0.5%, missing market expectation of 0.6%. However, investors were paying little attention to the soft Retail Sales figure due to strong trade data. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics, trade balance in Australia improved significantly to 10,142M, surpassed market expectation of 6500M. Besides that, the pair also continue to be supported by market risk appetite as the world are recovering from coronavirus pandemic. At the time of writing, AUD\/USD edge higher 0.19% to 0.7788.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the commodities market, crude oil price jumps 0.72% to $61.41 as of writing following ongoing prospect of maintain supply cut. The market had been expecting OPEC+ to ease production cuts by around 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) from April. However, there are sources stated that OPEC+, are considering rolling over production cuts into April instead of raising output, as a recovery in oil demand remains fragile due to the coronavirus crisis. On the other hand, gold price fell 0.03% to $1711.18 a troy ounce at the of writing following dollar strength.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Today\u2019s Holiday Market Close<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Market\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Event <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>N\/A<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Today\u2019s Highlight Events<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Market\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>01:05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fed Chair Powell Speaks<\/p>\n<p>(5<sup>th<\/sup> March)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Today\u2019s Highlight Economic Data<\/u><\/p>\n<table width=\"105%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"53%\"><strong>Nation &amp; Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><strong>Forecast<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>Actual<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\">17:30<\/td>\n<td width=\"53%\">GBP \u2013 Construction PMI (Feb)<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">49.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">51.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"11%\">21:30<\/td>\n<td width=\"53%\">USD \u2013 Initial Jobless Claims<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">730K<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\">750K<\/td>\n<td width=\"10%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Technical Analysis<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-DOLLAR_INDX-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOLLAR_INDX, H4: <\/strong>Dollar index was traded higher while currently testing the resistance level at 90.95. MACD which illustrated diminishing bearish momentum suggest the index to extend its gains after it successfully breakout above the resistance level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 90.95, 91.50<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 90.10, 89.60<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-GBPUSD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>GBPUSD, H4: <\/strong>GBPUSD was traded lower following prior retracement from the resistance level at 1.3985. MACD which illustrated diminishing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its losses toward support level at 1.3855.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.3985, 1.4085<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.3855, 1.3775<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-EURUSD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>EURUSD, H4: <\/strong>EURUSD was traded lower while currently near the support level at 1.2030. MACD which illustrated diminishing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its losses after it successfully breakout below the support level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.2090, 1.2135<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.2030, 1.1955<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-USDJPY-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDJPY, H4: <\/strong>USDJPY was traded higher while currently testing the resistance level at 107.00. However, MACD which illustrated increasing bearish momentum suggest the pair to be traded lower in short-term as technical correction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 107.00, 107.55<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 106.20, 105.50<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-AUDUSD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUDUSD, H1: <\/strong>AUDUSD was traded higher while currently testing the resistance level at 0.7780. MACD which illustrated diminishing bearish momentum suggest the pair to extend its gains after it successfully breakout above the resistance level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 0.7780, 0.7830<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.7725, 0.7695<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-NZDUSD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NZDUSD, H4: <\/strong>NZDUSD was traded within a range while currently testing the support level at 0.7240. MACD which illustrated diminishing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its losses after it successfully breakout below the support level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 0.7365, 0.7440<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.7240, 0.7170<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-USDCAD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDCAD, H4: <\/strong>USDCAD was traded higher following prior rebound from the support level at 1.2615. MACD which illustrated diminishing bearish momentum suggest the pair to extend its gains toward resistance level at 1.2720.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.2720, 1.2785<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.2615, 1.2560<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-USDCHF-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDCHF, Daily: <\/strong>USDCHF was traded higher while currently testing the resistance level at 0.9200. MACD which illustrated increasing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its gains after it successfully breakout above the resistance level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 0.9200, 0.9280<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.9040, 0.8925<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-CrudeOIL-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CrudeOIL, H1: <\/strong>Crude oil price was traded higher following prior rebound from the support level at 60.75. However, MACD which illustrated diminishing bullish momentum suggest the commodity to extend its losses after it successfully breakout below the support level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 62.00, 63.60<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 60.75, 59.35<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/040321-GOLD-Noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD_, H4: <\/strong>Gold price was traded lower while currently testing the support level at 1711.05. MACD which illustrated diminishing bullish momentum suggest the commodity to extend its losses after it successfully breakout below the support level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1737.55, 1759.55<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1711.05, 1685.85<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04 March 2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Afternoon Session Analysis Aussie steady following mixed data. During late Asian session, the Australian dollar which traded against the greenback and other currency pairs have regain some traction despite recent data showing mixed numbers. Australia Retail Sales have eased to 0.5%, missing market expectation of 0.6%. However, investors were paying little attention [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}