{"id":19999,"date":"2011-03-08T07:38:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T12:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=19999"},"modified":"2011-03-08T07:38:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T12:38:33","slug":"audusd-australia-business-confidence-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/03\/08\/audusd-australia-business-confidence-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"AUD\/USD: Australia Business Confidence Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By GCI Forex Research<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1379\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AUD-USD4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"AUD USD\" src=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/AUD-USD4-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"AUD USD\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a>AUDUSD Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD weakened 0.37% against the USD to close at 1.0118.<\/p>\n<p>According to a monthly survey by The National Australia Bank,  Australian business confidence rose to 14 points in February, from a  reading of 4 in January. The NAB\u2019s Business Conditions Index rose 2  points and reached -4 points in February 2011, even as confidence picked  up sharply.<\/p>\n<p>In the Asian session at 4:00GMT, the pair is trading at 1.0123, 0.05% higher from the New York session close.<\/p>\n<p>LME Copper prices declined 1.3% or $130.0\/MT to $9,840.3\/ MT. Aluminium prices declined 0.8% or $21.8\/ MT to $2,565.8\/ MT.<\/p>\n<p>The pair is expected to find first short term resistance at 1.0174,  with the next resistance levels at 1.0224 and 1.0313, subsequently. The  first support for the pair is seen at 1.0085, followed by next supports  at 1.0046 and 0.9957 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Economic releases such as Westpac Consumer Confidence are expected to  be the key indicators to determine future trading trends in the  currency pair.<\/p>\n<p>The currency pair is showing convergence with its 20 Hr and 50 Hr moving averages.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Forex Daily   Market Commentary<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>provided                                                     by<\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gcitrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GCI   Financial                                    Ltd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>GCI Financial Ltd (\u201dGCI\u201d) is a regulated securities and commodities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     trading                               firm,                                                                                specializing                          in                                                    online                                                                  Foreign                                                                                           Exchange                                                                                                             (\u201dForex\u201d)                                                                                                                                                brokerage.                                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