Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Worse Job Aussie Data





FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Definitely risk-off is set in Asia-

Pacific today, with Hang-Seng index breaking to fresh 7-day 

low losing some -1.82% and Nikkei -1.01%. Following "a 

pretty horrible jobs report," says Westpac Bank Senior FX 

Strategist Imre Speizer as quoted by Rebecca Howard for 

DowJones, EUR/AUD cross bounces from all time lows 

around 1.1932 to current 1.2004.


EUR/AUD is still slightly lower for the week and since 

previous Asia-Pacific open yesterday, all due to the -27000 

jobs lost in Australia for the month of June, much worse than 

expected, as most economist surveyed were calling for a flat 

figure, although the jobless rate rose to 5.2% as expected. 

Moments before the data was released South Korea 

unexpectedly cut rates to 3% for first time in 3 years 

according to Bloomberg, with all local share markets now in 

the red.


For the upside, immediate resistance for EUR/AUD shows at 

July 09 lows at 1.2009, followed by July 05 lows at 1.2022, 

and Monday/Tuesday's highs at 1.2094. For the downside, 

nearest support stands at recent all time lows 1.1935, with 

uncharted territory underneath.



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