What Would Happen To USD If Oil Hits $100 A Barrel?

Technical Perspective

The main focus is now on a retest of the year to date high (and 2011 low) around 75.15. Above here and the next technical resistance level will be the 61.8% retracement from 2014 highs around 79.51. To the downside, support is seen along the bullish channel base which, while intact, keeps focus on the further upside.

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Rupee Set to Slide to 75 per Dollar, Say Lenders

Rupee

India’s trade deficit for August is likely to remain at $17 billion to $18 billion, while the Federal Reserve is set to raise rates again this month, both of which will weigh on the rupee, Philip Wee, a senior currency strategist at DBS, wrote in a note. UBS Securities India Pvt. cut its year-end forecast to 73 from 66, while Scotiabank sees the rupee approaching 74 in the run up to the Fed meeting.   

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