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GBP/USD adds to the weekly move higher and keeps the trade above the 1.3500 threshold on Wednesday. Cable’s extra recovery follows the modest selling pressure on the Greenback after US CPI readings matched consensus in July.
EUR/USD picks up some traction and flirts with the 1.1550 region on Wednesday. The pair’s modest advance comes as the US Dollar gathers some steam after US CPI data matched estimates last month.
Gold reverses the recent weakness and reclaims the area past the $4,400 mark per troy ounce on Wednesday. The precious metal’s recovery picks up pace and exceedes the $4,400 level in the wake of the release of in-line US inflation figures in July and the marginal gains in the US Dollar.
Ripple is trading within a broadly constrained technical structure, with support at $1.00 and key moving averages limiting its recovery potential. In August, the remittance token declined by approximately 6.5%, extending its total pullback to around 14% from July's $1.18 peak.
The most heavily trailed supply event of the year landed on August 6, and the SpaceX (SPCX) stock went up. Roughly 911.5 million shares held by insiders and early backers became eligible to trade, around 43% more than the entire float sold at the listing.
