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FxWirePro: EUR/GBP breaks above 20-DMA at 0.8872, good to long above 0.8920

EUR/GBP hits ten-day high at 0.8918 on the back of broad based GBP selling. Pound offered across the board on rising political uncertainty. Reports showed as many as 40 Conservative lawmakers have signed a letter, saying…

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FxWirePro: EUR/GBP breaks above 20-DMA at 0.8872, good to long above 0.8920
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  • EUR/GBP hits ten-day high at 0.8918 on the back of broad based GBP selling. Pound offered across the board on rising political uncertainty.
     
  • Reports showed as many as 40 Conservative lawmakers have signed a letter, saying they have no confidence in May's leadership.
     
  • Focus now on ECB’s Central Bank Communications Conference on Tuesday where major central bank leaders will speak as part of a policy panel organized by the ECB.
     
  • Much depends on the tone of comments at the ECB's Communications Conference on Tuesday.
     
  • Barclays expects a hawkish stance from BoE Governor Gamey to prompt a re-pricing of BoE Bank Rate expectations and support GBP.
     
  • Contrasting views are expected from ECB President Draghi who is likely to strike a more cautious tone.
     
  • Technically, we see slight bullish bias in the pair. Price action has broken 20 and 50-DMA. Daily cloud caps upside, break above could see further upside.
     
  • Stochs and RSI are biased higher and we see +ve DMI rising.

Support levels - 0.8872 (20-DMA), 0.88 (50% Fib retrace of 0.8297 to 0.9306 rally), 0.8768 (200-DMA)

Resistance levels - 0.8920 (38.2% Fib), 0.8945 (100-DMA), 0.8995 (July 21 high)

Recommendation: Good to go long above 0.8920, SL: 0.8845, TP: 0.8945/ 0.8995/ 0.9068.

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