EUR/GBP ekes out a new six-month high at 0.8755 to close out a week of straight gains

The Euro has stepped higher against the Pound Sterling for five straight trading days.
The EUR/GBP briefly saw a fresh six-month high on Friday.
Economic data has mixed for both the EU and the UK, but the market's hat tip goes to the Euro.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

The EUR/GBP wraps up another trading week just shy of 0.8750 after seeing five straight days of gains with the Pound Sterling (GBP) waffling against the Euro (EUR) for the entire week.

EU and UK economic data mixed on forecasts across the board this week, but it's getting difficult for investors to ignore the fact that UK data beats, even when they clear forecasts, still leaves economic indicators middling at best.

UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures held steady for the year into September at 1.5% instead of declining to 1.1% as markets had expected, and UK Manufacturing Production for the same period held flat at 3% versus the expected growth to 3.1%, and the previous figure being revised from 28% to 3.0%.

Next Up: hectic data schedule for EU & UK

Next Tuesday sees UK labor and wage figures, while the EU will be releasing their own GDP figures for the third quarter.

Wednesday delivers UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data, paired with EU Industrial production.

Next week will close out high-impact data with UK Retail Sales and EU Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) on Friday.

EUR/GBP Technical Outlook

The EUR/GBP chalked in five straight green bars, climbing back over the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and pushing back into near-term high bids as the Euro rallies against the Pound Sterling.

The pair has continued to etch in higher lows along a rising trendline from August's low closes near 0.8520, and the 50-day SMA is accelerating from 0.8660 towards a bullish cross of the 200-day SMA, which is currently parked near 0.8690.

EUR/GBP Daily Chart

EUR/GBP Technical Levels

EUR/GBP

Overview
Today last price	0.874
Today Daily Change	0.0012
Today Daily Change %	0.14
Today daily open	0.8728

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.8698
Daily SMA50	0.8655
Daily SMA100	0.862
Daily SMA200	0.869

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.873
Previous Daily Low	0.8693
Previous Weekly High	0.8754
Previous Weekly Low	0.8664
Previous Monthly High	0.8754
Previous Monthly Low	0.8616
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.8716
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.8707
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.8704
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.868
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.8667
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.8741
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.8754
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.8778

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Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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