For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the AUD strengthened 0.61% against the USD to close at 0.7803.
LME Copper prices rose 0.29% or $14.0/MT to $4812.0 /MT. Aluminium prices rose 1.20% or $18.5 /MT to $1565.5 /MT.
In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 0.7792, with the AUD trading 0.14% lower from yesterday’s close.
Early this morning, data showed that Australia’s Westpac leading index declined by 0.12% MoM in March, following a revised drop of 0.23% in the previous month.
The pair is expected to find support at 0.7760, and a fall through could take it to the next support level of 0.7729. The pair is expected to find its first resistance at 0.7825, and a rise through could take it to the next resistance level of 0.7858.
Moving ahead, investors will look forward to the release of Australia’s 1Q NAB Business Confidence data, due in the early hours tomorrow.
The currency pair is trading between its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.