AUD/USD: Australian unemployment rate hits lowest level since 2013 in May

AUDUSD

AUDUSD Movement

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the AUD rose 0.74% against the USD and closed at 0.7592.

LME Copper prices rose 0.5% or $25.5/MT to $5684.5/MT. Aluminium prices rose 0.5% or $9.5/MT to $1886.5/MT.

In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 0.7613, with the AUD trading 0.28% higher against the USD from yesterday’s close, following an upbeat Australian jobs report.

Early morning data showed that Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly eased to 5.5% in May, dropping to its lowest level in four years, driven by a rebound in fulltime positions. Markets expected unemployment rate to remain steady at 5.7%. Additionally, the number of people employed climbed by 42.0K in May, following a revised gain of 46.1K in the prior month, whereas investors had envisaged for a rise of 10.0K.

On the other hand, the nation’s consumer inflation expectations dropped to 3.6% in June, compared to a reading of 4.0% in the previous month.

The pair is expected to find support at 0.7552, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 0.7491. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 0.7655, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 0.7697.

The currency pair is trading above its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.

This entry was posted in AUD/USD. Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.