EUR/USD reacts to ECB

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA


The European Central Bank has just now hiked its Main Refinancing Rate and has published its Monetary Policy Statement. The base interest rate has been hiked from 2.00% up to 2.50%. Afterwards, at 13:45 GMT, the President of the bank Christine Lagarde revealed that the central bank expects inflation to remain persistent and rates should remain higher. Due to the comments, the EUR/USD spiked even higher.

The surge ended near the 1.0740 level, before a decline started. The follow up decline found support in the 100-hour simple moving average near 1.0600. By the middle of Friday's trading, the rate had recovered to 1.0660.

In regards to the future, the rate is expected to respect the 1.0600 mark and the moving averages, which support it. Higher above, note that various round price levels could act as resistance until the rate reaches 1.0800.

On the other hand, a decline might look for support near 1.0500.
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