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15 May 2015
DXY slumps to lows near 93.20
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The greenback, gauged by the US Dollar Index, has quickly left the area of session tops and dropped to the vicinity of 93.20, or intraday troughs.
DXY hurt by poor US data
Once again (and again and again), poor US data releases are punishing the greenback, with the index practically nose-diving from the 94.00 neighbourhood to fresh daily lows in the 93.25/20.
Disappointing results in the US Industrial Production (-0.3% MoM in April) and Capacity Utilization (78.2%) prompted USD sellers to step into the markets, although the selling pressure accelerated after the sentiment gauge by the Reuters/Michigan index dropped to 7-month low at 88.6 for the current month vs. 96.0 expected and 95.9 previous.
DXY relevant levels
The index is now down 0.16% at 93.30 facing the next support at 93.17 (low May 14) followed by 92.51 (low Jan.22) and then 92.20 (low Jan.21). On the upside, a surpass of 94.02 (high May 15) would open the door to 94.59 (high May 13) and finally 95.25 (high May 11).
DXY hurt by poor US data
Once again (and again and again), poor US data releases are punishing the greenback, with the index practically nose-diving from the 94.00 neighbourhood to fresh daily lows in the 93.25/20.
Disappointing results in the US Industrial Production (-0.3% MoM in April) and Capacity Utilization (78.2%) prompted USD sellers to step into the markets, although the selling pressure accelerated after the sentiment gauge by the Reuters/Michigan index dropped to 7-month low at 88.6 for the current month vs. 96.0 expected and 95.9 previous.
DXY relevant levels
The index is now down 0.16% at 93.30 facing the next support at 93.17 (low May 14) followed by 92.51 (low Jan.22) and then 92.20 (low Jan.21). On the upside, a surpass of 94.02 (high May 15) would open the door to 94.59 (high May 13) and finally 95.25 (high May 11).