TURKEY: New TRY 30bln Support Package Launched for SMEs

May-23 06:59
  • Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek posted the following on X: “We facilitate SMEs' access to financing. We are launching our new guarantee package, which offers a total of 30 billion TL in credit opportunities to our manufacturing SMEs, which can be used as both investment and business loans. While we continue our determined fight against inflation, we continue to support our real sector with selective policies.”
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denied he is trying to change the constitution so that he can stay on when his term ends in 2028, BBC report. "We want the new constitution not for ourselves, but for our country. I have no interest in being re-elected or running for office again," he told reporters on Thursday.
  • The President of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce says businesses need to consider alternative markets for production because the suppression of exchange rates is expected to continue while labour costs will remain high.

Historical bullets

AUDUSD TECHS: Maintains A Bullish Tone

Apr-23 06:59
  • RES 4: 0.6550 61.8% retracement of the Sep 30 ‘24 - Apr 9 bear leg  
  • RES 3: 0.6528 High Nov 29 ‘24
  • RES 2: 0.6471 High Dec 9 ‘24
  • RES 1: 0.6439 High Apr 22
  • PRICE: 0.6418 @ 07:58 BST Apr 23 
  • SUP 1: 0.6349/6299 Low Apr 21 / 20-day EMA  
  • SUP 2: 0.6181 Low Apr 11  
  • SUP 3: 0.6116 Low Apr 10 
  • SUP 4: 0.5915 Low Apr 9 and key support  

AUDUSD is holding on to its recent gains and a bullish theme remains intact. The pair has breached a key resistance at 0.6409, the Dec 9 ‘24 high. This reinforces bullish conditions and signals scope for a continuation higher near-term. Sights are on 0.6471 next, the Dec 9 2024 high. Initial key support to monitor is 0.6299, the 20-day EMA. A clear break of this EMA would be a concern for bulls. 

GILTS: Opening calls

Apr-23 06:58

Gilt Opening calls, these DO NOT take the remit into account.

  • Range 92.04/92.50, would give a ~92.27 mid

EQUITIES: Focus turns to the European Cash Open

Apr-23 06:55

Focus turns to the European Cash Equity Open given the upside Opening gaps in Futures.

  • Calls: Estox 50: +2.08%, Dax: +2.70%, CAC: +1.44%, FTSE +1.25%, SMI +1.20%.