{"id":52061,"date":"2019-04-02T05:42:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/?p=52061"},"modified":"2019-04-02T05:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T05:42:54","slug":"020419-afternoon-session-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/information\/day\/020419-afternoon-session-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"020419 Afternoon Session Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2 March 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">RBA rate cut ahead?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian dollar was traded lower during mid-Asian trading session following the release of interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). As widely expected, RBA has kept their interest rate unchanged at 1.50% for the 29<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive meeting. While the central bank quoted various downside risk on the economy such as US-China trade war and easing global economic growth, they remain optimistic with regards to Australian labor market. RBA quoted that the strong labor market in terms of hiring has led to a pick-up in wage growth which would lift inflationary pressure gradually in long-term. However, they emphasized to remain neutral with regards to monetary policy and would undertake appropriate measure to support sustainable growth and achieving inflation target. Such signal has increased the prospect for a rate cut in the future as recent economic data from Australia portrays some signs of deteriorating economic momentum. On the other hand, US dollar rebounds from its lower level since yesterday following bullish data from the manufacturing sector. As of writing, pair of AUD\/USD depreciates by 0.40% to 0.7082 while the dollar index rose 0.13% to 96.87.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, crude oil price rose 0.03% to $61.59 per barrel. Oil prices rose to fresh high on Tuesday after Washington is considering to enact more sanction against Iran while a key Venezuelan export terminal halted their operations recently. On the other hand, gold price depreciates by 0.05% to $1,287.12 a troy ounce following a sharp rebound in US dollar.<\/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\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\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 Economic Data<\/u><\/p>\n<table width=\"105%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"14%\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"52%\"><strong>Market &amp; Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\"><strong>Forecast<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"9%\"><strong>Actual<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"14%\">16.30<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"52%\">GBP &#8211; Construction PMI<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">49.5<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">49.8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"9%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"14%\">20.30<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"52%\">USD &#8211; Durable Goods Order<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">-0.2%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">0.3%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"9%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"14%\">4.30 (3<sup>rd<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"52%\">CrudeOIL &#8211; API Weekly Crude Oil Stock<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">1.930M<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"11%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"9%\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Technical Analysis<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-DOLLAR_INDX-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOLLAR_INDX, H4: <\/strong>Dollar index was traded higher following prior breakout above the previous resistance level at 96.80. MACD which illustrate diminishing bearish momentum suggest index to extend its gains toward the resistance level at 97.20.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 97.20, 97.60<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 96.80, 96.40<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-GBPUSD-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>GBPUSD, H4: <\/strong>GBPUSD was traded lower while currently testing the support level at 1.3065. MACD which display diminishing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its losses after successfully breakout the support level at 1.3065.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.3145, 1.3215<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.3065, 1.2965<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-EURUSD-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>EURUSD, H4:<\/strong> EURUSD was traded lower following prior breakout below the previous support level at 1.1220. MACD which illustrate diminishing bullish momentum and the formation of death cross suggest the pair to extend its losses toward the support level at 1.1180.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.1220, 1.1280<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.1180, 1.1120<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-USDJPY-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDJPY, H4: <\/strong>USDJPY was traded lower following prior retracement from the resistance level at 111.40. MACD which display diminishing bullish momentum suggest the pair to extend its retracement toward the support level at 110.85.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 111.40, 112.00<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 110.85, 110.35<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-AUDUSD-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUDUSD, H4: <\/strong>AUDUSD was traded lower following prior breakout below the previous support level at 0.7120. MACD which display bearish momentum and the formation of death cross suggest the pair to extend its losses toward the support level at 0.7070.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 0.7120, 0.7145<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.7070, 0.7005<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52108\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-NZDUSD-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NZDUSD, H4: <\/strong>NZDUSD was traded lower while currently testing the support level at 0.6775. MACD which illustrate bearish momentum and the formation of death cross suggest the pair to extend its losses after successfully breakout the support level at 0.6775.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 0.6820, 0.6860<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.6775, 0.6730<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-USDCAD-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDCAD, H4: <\/strong>USDCAD was traded lower following prior breakout below the previous support level at 1.3345. However, MACD which illustrate diminishing bearish momentum suggest the pair to be traded higher in short term toward the resistance level at 1.3345.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.3345, 1.3375<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1.3290, 1.3220<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-USDCHF-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>USDCHF, H4: <\/strong>USDCHF was traded higher following prior breakout above the previous resistance level at 0.9985. MACD which display bullish bias momentum suggest the pair to extend its gains toward the resistance level at 1.0020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1.0020, 1.0070<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 0.9985, 0.9965<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-CrudeOIL-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CrudeOIL, H4: <\/strong>Crude oil price was traded higher following prior breakout above the previous resistance level at 61.25. However, MACD which display diminishing bullish momentum suggest the commodity to be traded lower in short term toward the support level 61.25.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 62.60, 64.10<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 61.25, 60.25<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/020419-GOLD_-noon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOLD_, H4: <\/strong>Gold price was traded lower following prior breakout below the previous support level at 1292.30. However, MACD which illustrate bullish momentum and the formation of golden cross suggest gold to undergo technical correction toward the resistance level at 1292.30.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resistance level: 1292.30, 1300.25<\/p>\n<p>Support level: 1283.70, 1277.05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 March 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Afternoon Session Analysis &nbsp; &nbsp; RBA rate cut ahead? Australian dollar was traded lower during mid-Asian trading session following the release of interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). As widely expected, RBA has kept their interest rate unchanged at 1.50% for the 29th consecutive meeting. While the central [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"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\/52061"}],"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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcmasia.co\/analysis\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}