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AUD/NZD testing fresh weekly lows above 1.1450 ahead of a busy day down under

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The AUD/NZD foreign exchange cross rate is last trading at 1.1462 bids, off recent double weekly lows at 1.1452, retracing from Monday's/Friday's double fresh 1-month high at 1.1607, ahead of a busy day full of economic data coming out “down under”.

AUD/NZD lower mainly on Aussie weakness

With Aussie being the weakest currency by far among all majors in last 2 trading days, near a -1% down for the week against USD so far, while Kiwi has remained flat in same time span, the AUD/NZD has gone also lower, few hours away of NZ ANZ business confidence data at 01:00 GMT, Australia HIA new home sales, and private capital expenditure at 01:30 GMT, this last one, the most important data of the week for Aussie according to some analysts.

AUD/NZD key technical levels

Immediate resistance to the upside for AUD/NZD shows at Thursday's highs 1.1546, followed by early Monday's/Friday's highs at 1.1603/09, and July 03 lows at 1.1645. To the downside, closest support lies at recent session lows 1.1480, followed by August 12 highs at 1.1462, and July 25 lows at 1.1395.

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