GBP/USD hangs near multi-month lows, just above mid-1.2400s post-UK jobs data
|- Persistent Brexit-related uncertainties continue to weigh on the British Pound.
- Mixed UK employment details failed to provide any respite to the GBP bulls.
- Investor seemed reluctant to place bets ahead of Carney’s scheduled speech.
The GBP/USD pair remained heavily offered and struggled near multi-month tops, just above mid-1.2400s post-UK monthly employment details.
After a brief consolidation during the Asian session on Tuesday, the pair met with some aggressive supply and extended the previous session's retracement slide from the 1.2575-80 region.
The already weaker sentiment surrounding the British Pound - amid persistent Brexit uncertainty, deteriorated further following the disappointing release of UK claimant count change for June.
In fact, the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits unexpectedly jumped to 38K as compared to a drop to 22.8K expected from the previous month's upwardly revised reading of 24.5K.
The negative print, to a larger extent, was negated by stronger than expected average earnings, with wages excluding and including bonuses surpassing estimates and rising 3.6% and by 3.4% respectively on 3m/year.
The market reaction, however, turned out to be rather muted as investors now seemed to refrain from placing any aggressive bets ahead of the BoE Governor Mark Carney's scheduled speech.
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