GBP/JPY Price Forecast: Rebound holds above 200-day SMA

GBP/JPY recovers 200-day SMA after sliding to 211.47.
Upside remains capped by 100- and 50-day SMA resistance.
Break below 211.91 exposes 211.00 and 209.58 support.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

The British Pound retreats against the Japanese Yen, down about 0.24%, as the Yen is poised to end the week on a higher note. However, GBP/JPY is poised to finish the week with minimal gains, trading at 212.64.

GBP/JPY Price Forecast: Technical outlook

The GBP/JPY trades sideways, though slightly tilted to the downside, following an intervention in the FX markets by US and Japanese authorities. Worth noting that after soft US jobs data, Japanese Finance Minister Katayama said she agreed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that FX markets had been affected by moves rather than fundamentals.

This pushed GBP/JPY to the day's low of 211.47, slightly below the 200-day SMA of 211.91, but buyers reclaimed the latter and surpassed 212.00. After the rebound, the cross is about to end Friday’s session near the highs, but it will face key resistance at the 100-day SMA at 214.48, followed by the 50-day SMA at 215.42.

In the event of further losses, the first GBP/JPY support is 212.00. Below the next support is the 200-day SMA at 211.91, followed by 211.00. Beneath emerges the August 3 low of 209.58.

GBP/JPY Price Chart – Daily

Japanese Yen Price This week

The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies this week. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the British Pound.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		-0.11%	-0.02%	0.25%	-0.50%	-0.42%	0.10%	0.13%
EUR	0.11%		0.08%	0.38%	-0.38%	-0.18%	0.20%	0.25%
GBP	0.02%	-0.08%		-0.09%	-0.48%	-0.31%	0.11%	0.14%
JPY	-0.25%	-0.38%	0.09%		-0.68%	-0.52%	-0.06%	-0.04%
CAD	0.50%	0.38%	0.48%	0.68%		0.17%	0.64%	0.62%
AUD	0.42%	0.18%	0.31%	0.52%	-0.17%		0.40%	0.44%
NZD	-0.10%	-0.20%	-0.11%	0.06%	-0.64%	-0.40%		0.04%
CHF	-0.13%	-0.25%	-0.14%	0.04%	-0.62%	-0.44%	-0.04%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Japanese Yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent JPY (base)/USD (quote).

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