The USD/CHF retreated late in the New York session, down 0.20%, as US jobs data revealed the labor market is cooling, which could warrant the Federal Reserve's (Fed) “aggressive” rate cuts. At the time of writing, the pair trades at 0.8447 after hitting a daily high of 0.8490.
USD/CHF's failure to clear the key resistance trendline around 0.8530-50 sponsored a leg-down on the pair. On its path toward the current exchange rate, the pair cleared the 0.8500 figure, tested today.
Momentum favors sellers, as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) shows. This could help refresh the year-to-date (YTD) low of 0.8400, hit on August 29.
If USD/CHF clears 0.8400, the next support would be last year’s low of 0.8332 before challenging 0.8300.
The USD/CHF pair must clear the August 15 swing high at 0.8748 for a bullish recovery.
The table below shows the percentage change of Swiss Franc (CHF) against listed major currencies today. Swiss Franc was the strongest against the US Dollar.
USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
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USD | -0.25% | -0.23% | -0.24% | -0.02% | -0.22% | -0.41% | -0.32% | |
EUR | 0.25% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.27% | 0.04% | -0.11% | -0.07% | |
GBP | 0.23% | -0.03% | -0.02% | 0.23% | 0.00% | -0.15% | -0.10% | |
JPY | 0.24% | -0.02% | 0.02% | 0.22% | 0.02% | -0.15% | -0.07% | |
CAD | 0.02% | -0.27% | -0.23% | -0.22% | -0.19% | -0.36% | -0.31% | |
AUD | 0.22% | -0.04% | -0.01% | -0.02% | 0.19% | -0.17% | -0.10% | |
NZD | 0.41% | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.36% | 0.17% | 0.06% | |
CHF | 0.32% | 0.07% | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.31% | 0.10% | -0.06% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Swiss Franc from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent CHF (base)/USD (quote).