After four sessions of consolidation due to conflicting signals, the EUR/USD pair has decisively broken above the key 1.0760 resistance level (50.0% Fibonacci retracement), reaching a high of 1.0824 in early trading today. Technical Outlook: On the 4-hour chart, the pair is now holding above the psychological resistance of 1.0800, …
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