Risk aversion boosts safe havens: US Dollar vs Norwegian Krone consolidates near recent highs

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Highlights

US Dollar strengthens as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East drive demand for safe-haven currencies, pressuring EUR/USD and GBP/USD lower.
Safe-haven flows benefit USD, JPY, and CHF during heightened risk, while commodity and risk currencies weaken amid volatility.
USD/NOK trades near short-term highs but faces bearish technical bias, with resistance near kr9.6389 and likely consolidation between kr9.6235 and kr9.6359 as downside risk persists.

Safe-haven demand strengthens dollar amid Middle East tensions

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated that "sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate" when discussing heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The US Dollar, along with the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc, tends to strengthen during periods of increased market risk, while riskier assets and commodity-linked currencies may weaken. The EUR/USD pair has lost ground, and the GBP/USD has retreated as the US Dollar draws support from a softer risk tone amid recent volatility related to these tensions.

Mixed momentum as seller pressure diverges from bullish action

Momentum signals for USD/NOK are mixed, with a neutral MACD and a weak trend indicated by the ADX. On the D1 timeframe, both RSI (46) and CCI (-80) lean bearish but remain far from oversold, while the Stoch RSI is neutral. The BBP’s negative value reflects intraday seller dominance, but the Awesome Oscillator is neutral and does not support a clear directional call. The pair now trades near today's high after a moderately volatile session, reflecting a divergence between soft intraday momentum and bullish price action.

Downside risk prevails on weak rally prospects and tight range

For the coming week, the volatility band is expected between kr9.6235 and kr9.6359. The probability of a further price increase remains very low (less than 20%), with a decline being the more likely scenario. The baseline expectation is for USD/NOK to stabilize within this range amid short-term uncertainty; a break above kr9.6389 could open the way toward kr9.65–kr9.68, while a fall below kr9.6279 may drive a retreat to kr9.60. Persistent bearish signals on D1 and W1 suggest that rallies are likely to face resistance and downside risk prevails.

Viktoras Karapetjanc, expert at Traders Union, sees the USD/NOK pair caught between safe-haven demand for the US Dollar and persistent bearish signals on technical charts. He believes that elevated geopolitical tensions are shaping market sentiment, with the kr9.6389 resistance level key for any bullish advances. The analyst expects a stabilization in the near term as price action consolidates below the MA-20, but downside risk is favored unless momentum shifts. "If kr9.6279 gives way, I expect sellers to take control and drive USD/NOK lower in the coming sessions."

Earlier, analysts noted that persistent technical weakness continued to keep USD/NOK under bearish pressure across multiple timeframes. The latest developments, including renewed geopolitical risk and diverging short-term indicators, underscore that any near-term rallies are likely to face resistance, making downside risk toward kr9.60 the scenario to monitor.

Source of Data: USD Price Analysis by TU

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