0253 GMT [Dow Jones] The EUR/USD recovers slightly Thursday morning, even though the U.S. dollar is firming up across Asian currencies. The dollar's overnight rebound had weighed on the EUR/USD pair Wednesday, but after it failed to break the 20-day Bollinger mid support line at 1.1232, a mild technical bounce followed instead. From a fundamental perspective, the EUR/USD pair has potential to rise, as the dollar has been undermined by lower odds of a U.S. interest rate rise. If the EUR/USD closes above the round-figure trading barrier at 1.1300, the Bollinger uptrend channel will be in effect, which might encourage bullish bets on the euro, steering it toward the 1.1500 psychological watermark. The EUR/USD is now at 1.1253 from its Wednesday closing of 1.1237. (ewen.chew@wsj.com)