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• GBP/USD perks up in Asia, gains 0.1% after closing unchanged on Friday
• Better risk sentiment boosts; Wall St futures gain on US-Russia diesel deal
• Trump's Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire announcement boosts oil supply hopes
• US crude -1.8% but traders wary of escalating Middle East tensions
• This week's busy data and central bank calendar key for markets
• US inflation, UK Aug GDP, industrial & manufacturing output, trade due
• Fed Chair Warsh fireside chat on Fri at IMF/World bank meeting eyed
• BoE officials Sarah Breeden, Megan Greene, Huw Pill, Gov Andrew Bailey speak
• Resistance 1.3275-85, 1.3300-10; support 1.3220-25, 1.3185-90
• Friday range 1.3206-1.3250, Asia 1.3220-1.3252
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(Krishna Kumar is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)