GBP/JPY Price Analysis: Retreats below 192.00 on soft UK PMIs, intervention threats

GBP/JPY falls to 191.65, cautious after missing week's high, affected by weak UK services data.
Further decline risk, with support at Tenkan-Sen, Senkou Span A.
Japanese intervention concerns limit movement, market awaits new direction signals.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The Pound Sterling lost some ground against the Japanese Yen late in the North American session on Thursday, amid a risk-off impulse, following softer-than-expected UK Services PMI figures. At the time of writing, the GBP/JPY trades at 191.65, losing 0.12%.

GBP/JPY Price Analysis: Technical outlook

After bouncing off two-week lows of 190.03, the GBP/JPY registered back-to-back bullish sessions but failed to extend beyond 192.24, the current week's high. If buyers had reclaimed 192.50, that would’ve sponsored a move to 193.00, but intervention threats by Japanese authorities keep traders cautious.

On the other hand, Thursday’s price action witnessed the pair dipping toward 191.59, which could open the door to extend its losses past the Tenkan-Sen at 191.14. Once surpassed, the GBP/JPY next stop would be the Senkou Span A at 190.94, followed by the Kijun-Sen at 190.74. Further weakness could drive price action to April’s low of 190.03.

GBP/JPY Price Action – Daily Chart

GBP/JPY

Overview
Today last price	191.29
Today Daily Change	-0.64
Today Daily Change %	-0.33
Today daily open	191.93

Trends
Daily SMA20	190.54
Daily SMA50	189.55
Daily SMA100	186.9
Daily SMA200	184.99

Levels
Previous Daily High	191.94
Previous Daily Low	190.43
Previous Weekly High	191.68
Previous Weekly Low	190.35
Previous Monthly High	193.54
Previous Monthly Low	187.96
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	191.36
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	191.01
Daily Pivot Point S1	190.93
Daily Pivot Point S2	189.92
Daily Pivot Point S3	189.41
Daily Pivot Point R1	192.44
Daily Pivot Point R2	192.95
Daily Pivot Point R3	193.95

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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