HSL PCG CURRENCY DAILY
11 January, 2017
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STRATEGY FOR THE DAY
                                                          Rupee : Weak Start on Foreign Fund Outflow
           EURINR JAN. FUT.                                Rupee erased most of the gains yesterday and closed little changed
    BUY ARND 72.15 SL 71.95 TGT 72.55                       against the US dollar as the traders cautious on foreign fund outflow
                                                            ahead of macro data scheduled on Thursday. The rupee closed at
                                                            68.18 a dollar, up 0.03% from Monday's close of 68.21. The rupee
MAJOR CURRENCY                                              opened at 68.09 a dollar and touched a high and a low of 67.99 and
                                                            68.21 respectively.
                          Prev.                            The one month forward USDINR NDF quoted at 68.44 from yesterdays
              Close                  Chg.      % Chg.
                          Close                             68.33 indicating strong start at domestic bourses. However, stronger
   USDINR        68.183     68.205    -0.022     -0.03%     equity and stable dollar could limit the intraday gains. Technically, Spot
  DXY INDX       102.16     102.01     0.150      0.15%     USDINR likely to resist around 68.40 while continue to find support
   EURUSD         1.055      1.055     0.000     -0.03%     around 67.95. However, the overall bias remains bullish until 67.70
                                                            taken out.
   GBPUSD         1.217      1.218    -0.001     -0.06%
   USDJPY        116.10     115.77     0.330      0.29%   Dollar Seesaw ahead Trumps Conference
 DG USDINR       68.437     68.329     0.108      0.16%    The USD zigged and zagged, as investors repositioned and pared bets
                                                            ahead of Trump press conference set today; hopes are high for
GLOBAL INDICES                                              concrete details of fiscal stimulus spending. The dollar reversed a
                                                            modest overnight drop to score small gains as it rose against most of
                                                            its G-10 peers, some of which were seen unwinding recently set dollar
                          Prev.                             shorts after downside momentum waned.
             Close                   Chg.      % Chg.
                          Close                            USD/JPY trading sideways after filling offers above 116.20 on the way
 SGX NIFTY     8331.0       8298.0       33       0.40%     to highs earlier in the session. Trump conference could well be the
   NIFTY       8288.6       8236.1       53       0.64%     catalyst for the dollars next major move.
  SENSEX      26899.6      26726.6      173       0.65%    Job openings ticked up in November as hiring expanded, signaling
HANG-SENG     22925.4      22744.9      181       0.79%     steady growth in U.S. employment, a Labor Department report
   NIKKEI     19370.9      19301.4       69       0.36%     showed. Number of positions waiting to be filled rose by 71,000 to 5.52
                                                            million (forecast was 5.5 million), from 5.45 million in October (revised
SHANGHAI       3157.2       3161.7       -4      -0.14%
                                                            from 5.53 million), according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover
S&P INDEX      2268.9       2268.9        0       0.00%     Survey, or JOLTS.
DOW JONES     19855.5      19887.4      -32      -0.16%    Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney scheduled to testify in
  NASDAQ       5551.8       5531.8       20       0.36%     front the U.K. Parliaments Treasury Select Committee today, GBP/USD
    FTSE       7275.5       7237.8       38       0.52%     stands at risk of making another failed attempt to close below the
    CAC        4888.2       4887.6        1       0.01%     1.2100. A rebound in U.K. Industrial and Manufacturing Production
    DAX       11583.3      11564.0       19       0.17%     may also help to mitigate the bearish sentiment surrounding the British
                                                            Pound as it instills an outlook for growth.
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 TECHNICAL OUTLOOK
           SPOT USDINR HOURLY CHART
Technical Observations
  USDINR manages to sustain above middle band of the Bollinger on hourly chart indicating bullish bias. However, on daily chart
   band is narrow suggesting consolidation before break out.
  Momentum oscillators on hourly time scale exited from overbought zone on gap down opening, but recovery from lower level
   unable to give strength on oscillators.
  The bias remains bullish till it holds the support of 67.70 while sustainable trade above 68.40 open 68.86 on higher side.
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TECHNICAL LEVELS
        Contracts        Last      Pivot           S3           S2           S1           R1     R2         R3         View For The Day
   USDINR JAN17         68.33     68.27      67.98         68.06           68.19      68.40    68.48      68.61           Consolidation
   EURINR JAN17         72.36     72.40      72.06         72.18           72.27      72.49    72.61      72.70            Long Buildup
   GBPINR JAN17         83.11     83.01      82.47         82.62           82.86      83.25    83.40      83.64              Bearish
    JPYINR JAN17        58.96     58.99      58.37         58.59           58.77      59.17    59.39      59.57           Short Covering
              Wkly    Wkly       1-Mth.     1-Mth.       52 Wk         52 Wk
 Spot                                                                               5 DMA      20 DMA      50 DMA     100 DMA        200 DMA
              High    Low         High       Low          High          Low
USDINR        68.37   67.75      68.68      67.33         68.86        66.07         68.07     67.98       67.79           67.30        67.12
EURINR        72.12   70.93      73.35      70.42         77.49        70.42         71.66     71.21       72.24           73.41        74.28
GBPINR        84.30   83.32      86.88      82.51        100.49        80.89         83.40     83.79       84.31           84.87        88.97
JPYINR        58.72   57.71      60.98      57.25         68.11        55.73         58.40     58.03       60.11           62.58        62.95
CURRENCY MOVEMENT
                                                                                   Open          Chg. in                            Chg. in
   Currency           Open       High      Low          Close        Chg.                                           Volume
                                                                                  Interest         OI                               Volume
  SPOT USDINR         68.09      68.21     67.99        68.18        -0.02           --               --              --                 --
USDINR JAN. FUT.      68.22      68.35     68.14        68.33        -0.05        1697687         2300              764811           -58784
  SPOT EURINR         72.24      72.34     72.11        72.17        0.36            --               --              --                 --
EURINR JAN. FUT.      72.31      72.53     72.31        72.36        0.36           39751         4662              45372            10211
  SPOT GBPINR         82.81      82.89     82.51        82.85        -0.20           --               --              --                 --
GBPINR JAN. FUT.      83.13      83.16     82.77        83.11        -0.17          34989         1170              58938            -20514
  SPOT JPYINR         58.94      59.06     58.74        58.81        0.42            --               --              --                 --
 JPYINR JAN. FUT.     59.00      59.20     58.80        58.96        0.39           25427         -1012             36585               4224
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 ECONOMIC EVENTS RELEASED
    Date Time      Country                   Event          Period   Survey        Actual    Prior
01/10/2017 20:30     US      Wholesale Inventories MoM      Nov F      0.90%        1.00%    0.90%
01/10/2017 20:30     US      JOLTS Job Openings              Nov        5517          5522     5534
  ECONOMIC EVENTS RELEASED
    Date Time      Country                   Event          Period   Survey          Prior
01/11/2017 15:00     UK      Trade Balance                   Nov       -3550         -1971
01/11/2017 15:00     UK      Industrial Production YoY       Nov       0.50%          -1.10%
01/11/2017 15:00     UK      Manufacturing Production YoY    Nov       0.40%          -0.40%
01/11/2017 17:30     US      MBA Mortgage Applications       6-Jan            --      0.10%
01/11/2017 20:30     UK      NIESR GDP Estimate              Dec       0.50%          0.40%
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                                                                    Currency Analyst: Dilip Parmar(dilip.parmar@hdfcsec.com)
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