Investing.com - The Australian Dollar was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales.
AUD/USD was trading at 1.0320, up 1.26% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.9781, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.0334, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 1.1% last month, from 0.3% in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 0.0%.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise 0.5% last month.
Meanwhile, the Australian Dollar was up against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/AUD shedding 0.63% to hit 1.3433 and AUD/JPY rising 1.68% to hit 79.69.
AUD/USD was trading at 1.0320, up 1.26% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.9781, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.0334, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 1.1% last month, from 0.3% in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 0.0%.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise 0.5% last month.
Meanwhile, the Australian Dollar was up against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/AUD shedding 0.63% to hit 1.3433 and AUD/JPY rising 1.68% to hit 79.69.