For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.41% against the USD to close at 1.0525, following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low.
In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 1.0506, with the AUD trading 0.18% lower from yesterday’s close.
LME Copper prices rose 1.0% or $82.5/MT to $ 8482.5/ MT. Aluminium prices rose 0.3% or $6.0/MT to $ 2136.8/ MT.
The pair is expected to find support at 1.0440, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 1.0374. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 1.0559, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 1.0612.
The currency pair is trading between its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.