During the Asian session, the Australian dollar is slightly declining, correcting after a sharp rise the day before, which led to a renewal of local highs from April 22. The quotes of AUDUSD were supported by not the most confident macroeconomic statistics from the US, which were released the day before. In particular, a report from Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reflected weaker growth in private non-farm payrolls in May, rising by just 128K from a 202K increase a month earlier, with experts forecasting 300K, slightly lowering investor expectations for the May US labor market report, which will be published today.
This week, The Australian published information about the readiness of the Chinese authorities to postpone the conclusion of security pacts with a number of island states in the Indo-Pacific region. The document concerns the laying of submarine cables, the construction of berths, the development of shipbuilding, as well as other areas of cooperation, including China's investment in the development of these regions. Experts believe that the country, to which the island states will join, will eventually gain control over the entire Pacific Ocean, and the Chinese authorities probably will not give up trying to conclude these agreements.
Bollinger Bands on the daily chart show a steady increase. The price range is expanding from above but it fails to conform to the surge of "bullish" activity at the moment. MACD grows, preserving a stable buy signal (located above the signal line). Stochastic, having approached its highs is reversing into a horizontal plane, indicating the overbought instrument in the ultra-short term.
Resistance levels: 0.7300, 0.7341, 0.7400, 0.7450 | Support levels: 0.7250, 0.7202, 0.7150, 0.7100