RBA hike hopes: Australian Dollar strengthens against US Dollar - Societe Generale

AUD/USD remains above 0.7000, Societe Generale strategists note. Ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) policy decision, the pair has recovered from a multi-month ascending trend line near 0.6900. Resistance lies at 0.7050/0.7080; clearing the 200-day moving average could give the recovery further momentum. A break below 0.7000, however, could open the way to further losses towards 0.6900 and 0.6860/0.6830.

RBA policy decision: key technical levels

"Spot steadies above 0.70 handle ahead of RBA decision tomorrow."

"AUD/USD has bounced after defending a multi-month ascending trend line near 0.6900."

"The pair has reached the confluence of the 50-DMA and the 200-DMA at 0.7050/0.7080, which represents an interim resistance zone."

"All else being equal in stocks and metals, an upgrade should in theory be a fillip for AUD/USD and nudge the pair back above the 200dma (0.7066)."

"It will be important to observe whether it can overcome this hurdle. Last week's low at 0.7000 is the first support. A break below this could trigger a deeper down move."

"In that scenario, the next supports could be located at the ascending trend line near 0.6900 and the March low at 0.6860/0.6830."

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