Hawkish Fed sends EUR tumbling – Kshitij Consultancy

FXStreet (Barcelona) - The hawkish stance of FED led EUR fall through its supports, breaking below 1.2370, with USD/JPY trading above 118 levels, notes the Analysts at Kshitij Consultancy, as they highlight the FX Scenario post FOMC.

Key Quotes

“Reiteration of FED's hawkishness sent Euro (1.2340) tumbling through its supports. It has broken below 1.2370, the larger trend decider therefore the bullishness we saw with the breakout are void. Euro is now holding above the final support at 1.2315. As long as it trades below 1.2450, the targets are 1.2200.”

“Pound-Dollar's broke below the range support of 1.5600 but break is not clear. It is back near its range. For confirm the trend down, we need a break below 1.5550 on sustained basis.”

“Dollar-Yen bounced from the support at 115.50, and helped Dollar gain across the board. 119.00 is the resistance on the upside. The short term bias favors downside or range bound moves. The long term trend remains bullish.”

“Aussie-Dollar tested the 0.8100 levels followed by small weak bounce. As mentioned earlier,Aussie is likely to remain bearish well into 2015.”

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