EUR/USD technical analysis: Euro ends the week near 1.1100 on US Dollar weakness

EUR/USD ended the day near its daily highs as the greenback loses steam across the board.
Earlier, the NFP revealed that the United States added 144K jobs in July as forecast by analysts while wages came in better-than-expected at 3.2% vs. 3.1% forecast.
The level to beat for bulls are seen at the 1.1117, 1.1130 and 1.1147 levels.

Flavio Tosti Independent Analyst

EUR/USD daily chart

EUR/USD is trading in a bear trend below its main daily simple moving averages (DSMAs). The US Nonfarm Payrolls came as anticipated at 144K in July while the wages came better-than-expected at 3.2% vs. 3.1%. EUR/USD was initially down on the news, but it has since then recovered posting a second consecutive daily gain.

EUR/USD 4-hour chart

EUR/USD is trading below its major simple moving averages (SMAs), suggesting bearish momentum in the medium term. However bears will need to reclaim the 1.1100 level to drive to market down towards 1.1080, 1.1067, 1.1050 and the 1.1030 level, according to the Technical Confluences Indicator.

EUR/USD 30-minute chart

The market rose to the 1.1117 resistance while challenging the 200 SMA, suggesting a correction up in the near term. Buyers need to break above 1.1117 to reach 1.1130, 1.1147 and potentially 1.1176 if the bulls gather enough steam.

Additional key levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1108
Today Daily Change	0.0024
Today Daily Change %	0.22
Today daily open	1.1084

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1193
Daily SMA50	1.1238
Daily SMA100	1.1236
Daily SMA200	1.1303

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.1096
Previous Daily Low	1.1027
Previous Weekly High	1.1226
Previous Weekly Low	1.1101
Previous Monthly High	1.1373
Previous Monthly Low	1.106
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.107
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1053
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1042
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.0972
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1112
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1139
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1181

Author

Flavio Tosti

Independent Analyst

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