“¢ The pair faded an early European session bullish spike to mid-1.3000s and quickly retreated to a confluence support, comprising of 100-hour SMA and a short-term ascending trend-line.
“¢ Reports of a potential leadership challenge to UK PM Theresa May weighed on sentiment and turned out to be one of the key factors behind a broadly weaker British Pound.
“¢ Technical indicators on the 1-hourly chart have also started losing positive momentum and thus, increase prospects for a bearish breakdown, opening rook for an additional intraday slide.
Spot Rate: 1.2991
Daily Low: 1.2980
Daily High: 1.3048
Trend: Bearish only below the trend-line support
Resistance
R1: 1.3030 (horizontal zone)
R2: 1.3087 (overnight swing high)
R3: 1.3100 (round figure mark)
Support
S1: 1.2969 (S1 daily pivot-point)
S2: 1.2936 (200-period SMA H1)
S3: 1.2896 (Sept. 6 swing low)