GBP/USD: the British pound was under pressure
The British currency shows an upward trend as part of the recovery of past losses of the last two sessions, which allowed the GBP/USD instrument to cross the 1.2000 mark, updating the record low of March 2020.
The "Briton" is strengthening due to the growing sentiment of the correction in the US dollar, for which the bidders decided to withdraw from part of the deals ahead of the release of ADP data on the number of employed among the private sector in June. In addition, a statement from US regulator officials Christopher Waller and James Bullard is expected this afternoon. Investors expect to receive confirmation of forecasts for further tightening of monetary parameters from the Fed amid rumors of a softening of the hawks' positions due to the risks of a recession in the national economy.
- Resistance levels: 1.2000, 1.2074, 1.2163, 1.2236.
- Support levels: 1.1874, 1.1800, 1.1700, 1.1600.
USD/CHF: "American" expects new growth incentives
During the Asian trading session, the USD/CHF currency pair shows a moderate decline, completing the stage of rapid strengthening since the beginning of the trading week. The asset is trading at 0.9700 as part of a downward trend, moving away from the local maximum on June 16.
The Swiss government fears that there are great risks of encountering a shortage of "blue gold" already with the onset of next winter against the background of a supply failure and imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation. Thus, according to Energy Minister Simonette Sommaruga, officials have prepared an algorithm of actions to prevent possible outages of about 300 thousand households using gas heating systems. The representative of the authorities assessed the situation of imports of resource goods from Germany as "unpredictable" and stated the need for priority use of "green" types of energy resources in order to compensate for the shortage of natural gas. The day before, government representatives had already declared their readiness to begin the process of rationing the supply of raw materials, in case of insufficient effect from the previously applied steps in the field of logistics and supply.
- Resistance levels: 0.9700, 0.9762, 0.9847, 0.9900.
- Support levels: 0.9618, 0.9520, 0.9459, 0.9400.
Silver
Silver quotes are trading with a slight strengthening within the framework of corrective sentiment, taking away the advantage of the "bears" in the asset, which lasted since the end of last month, which allowed the instrument to approach the July lows of 2020. With the onset of this week, silver is moving in a downward trend.
The precious metal was under pressure due to the active strengthening of the US dollar, which gained support on expectations of an increase in interest rates in the short term. Earlier, the US regulator published the final minutes of the meeting in May, which recorded a resolute readiness to continue the policy of tightening monetary parameters. In addition, the Fed drew attention to the rising inflation rates and the alarming situation in the employment market. In this regard, the bidders focused their attention around the release of the June statistics protocols from ADP. An additional negative factor on the tool is a decrease in production capacity in a number of countries around the world, which leads to a decline in the level of demand for metal as a production raw material. Traders' hopes for an improvement in the situation are associated with the stabilization of the demand for silver due to growing industrial activity in China, but the situation has gloomy prospects due to new outbreaks of coronavirus infections in Shanghai.
- Resistance levels: 19.50, 20.00, 20.58, 20.86.
- Support levels: 19.00, 18.41, 18.00, 17.60.
Cardano
During the current trading week, Cardano made attempts to reach the positions of the Bollinger bands line at the level of 0.4700.
In the present case, two opposite factors affect the asset. As before, the entire segment of the cryptocurrency market is negatively affected by the decisive policy of the US Federal Reserve, which increases the likelihood of a recession in the national economy. Thus, the information released earlier at the last meeting of US Federal Reserve officials confirmed the expectations of economists that the tightening of monetary parameters will continue even despite the side effects on the economy. In the current situation, market participants are selling their risky assets, which include cryptocurrencies. Positive support for the tool is provided by the expectation of the Vasil hard fork community, which will be able to strengthen the value of the ADA token to the 1.0000 mark. On the eve of the update, it was already pre-launched into the test network, but users of the main Cardano network will have the opportunity to prepare for connecting to it for at least four weeks. Based on these data, the fork will be fully launched only by the end of July. The modifier will make it possible to increase the speed of interaction of operations, increase the ability to use smart contracts, which in general will have a favorable effect on its popularity.
- Resistance levels: 0.4882, 0.5860, 0.6200.
- Support levels: 0.3906, 0.2929, 0.1953.