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• GBP/USD +0.15% Fri in Asia as pair threatens fresh topside extension
• Break of 1.3660-65 resistance would spur next leg higher, target 1.3867
• UK Jul retail sales due Fri (poll -0.5% m/m), Aug flash PMI also due
• GfK Aug consumer confidence index hits 2-year high after recent upbeat data
• U.S. Treasury attempts to deflate long-end UST yields being met with dubiety
• Brent crude elevated in wake of U.S. sanctions threats to Iran & its allies
• Range Asia 1.3633-55, support 1.3274 1.3140, resistance 1.3660-65 1.3870
GBP Daily 21/55/100-DMA
(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)