WTI has shrugged off earlier losses to climb to a new intraday high of $78.86/b during US hours, in what has been quite a see-saw session for crude.
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GBPUSD traded well into the Tuesday close, bouncing firmly ahead of near-term support defined at 1.2446, the May 9 pullback low. For bulls, a breach of 1.2634 would reinstate the recent upleg and open 1.2667, a Fibonacci retracement. Clearance of 1.2446 would reinstate a bearish threat and this would signal scope for an extension towards the bear trigger at 1.2300, the Apr 22 low.
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