EUR/USD Current price: 1.3085

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US employment data shook the markets with a much better than expected reading, 243K new jobs added and unemployment rate down to 8.3%. Despite a risk on spike in the EUR/USD towards 1.3200, the pair is now under strong selling pressure testing 1.3070 support area, as QE3 chances had fade. Hourly chart in the pair shows an increasing bearish tone with indicators below their midlines and price below 20 SMA: expect a clear break of this last to see an approach to the 1.3000/20 price zone.

Support levels: 1.3070 1.3020 1.2980

Resistance levels: 1.3105 1.3140 1.3185

GBP/USD Current price: 1.5765

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With GBP/USD turning lower since late past American session, dollar strength has pushed the pair below the base of the ascendant channel that lead the way since mid January, with a strong bearish tone in the hourly chart as per technical readings. The upside now, should remain limited by 1.5800 where the pair may complete a pullback to the base of the channel, while the bearish bias will likely prevail till the day close.

Support levels: 1.5740 1.5710 1.5665

Resistance levels: 1.5770 1.5800 1.5830

USD/JPY Current price: 76.67

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US yields soared with the news and so did USD/JPY that broke above the 76.50 level, turning strongly bullish in the short term according to hourly chart. In bigger time frames, the pair is also giving signs of bottoming and of increasing upward pressure, supporting and approach to the 77.00 area tops for today.

Support levels: 76.50 76.25 76.00

Resistance levels: 76.80 77.05 77.30

USD/CHF: Current price: 0.9214

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The USD/CHF reached 0.9130 static resistance area before stalling, entering American session just above 0.9200 and biased higher according to the hourly chart, as per price well above 20 SMA and indicators breaking above their midlines. The 4 hours chart shows the pair trading mostly in last days range, with no strong buying signs yet, as per indicators not reflecting recent movements. However the upside is open as long as above 0.9190, with scope to reach the 0.9300 strong psychological resistance zone.

Support levels:  0.9190 0.9160 0.9130

Resistance levels: 0.9230 0.9265 0.9300

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