Buy USDINR; target of 73.70 – 73.80: ICICI Direct

Currencies

ICICI Direct, The rupee witnessed a further bounce and managed to gain almost 18 paise in the last session to close near 73.36 levels against the US dollar•

March 03, 2021 / 08:43 AM IST

ICICI Direct’s currency report on USDINR

Spot Currency

The rupee witnessed a further bounce and managed to gain almost 18 paise in the last session to close near 73.36 levels against the US dollar • The dollar index moved below 91 levels once again amid softening bond yields. US 10-year yields have remained largely below 1.40% level after testing the 52-week high on Friday.

Currency futures on NSE

The US$ INR March futures fell further as the dollar index started weakening once again while risk currencies exhibited some bounce after a sharp decline was seen on Friday. However, we expect US$ INR futures to find support near 73.50 levels in the short-term • The dollar-rupee March contract on the NSE was at Rs 73.60 in the last session. The open interest remained almost unchanged in the March as well in April series.

Intra-day strategy 

US$ INR Mar futures contract (NSE) View: Bullish on US$ INR
Buy US$ INR in the range of 73.48-73.52 Market Lot: US$ 1000
Target: 73.70/ 73.80 Stop Loss: 73.38
 Support: 73.30/73.50 Resistance: 74.50/74.90

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