GBP/USD Price Analysis: Slumps to fresh weekly lows as bears eye 1.2700
- GBP/USD tumbles to new three-day low as ‘evening star’ chart pattern emerges.
- Buyers’ momentum begins to fade as RSI aims toward the 50-midline.
- If the pair drops below 1.2700, look for further losses; otherwise, bulls can challenge 1.2800.
The British Pound fell to a new weekly low against the Greenback on Wednesday as US Treasury bond yields continued to climb. Federal Reserve officials remained cautious and influenced traders' expectations of just 25 basis points of rate cuts seen toward the end of 2024. The GBP/USD trades at 1.2719, down 0.33%.
GBP/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlook
The GBP/USD formed a three-candle chart formation called an ‘evening star,’ hinting that prices could tumble further. Momentum remains bullish, as depicted by the Relative Strength Index (RSI), but aims toward the 50-midline, which means that buyers are losing momentum.
On further weakness, if GBP/USD drops below 1.2700, the pair could test the May 3 daily high turned support at 1.2634. Once cleared, the next support would be the 50-day moving average (DMA) at 1.2580, followed by the 200-DMA at 1.2539.
On the other hand, if buyers reclaim the current week's high of 1.2777, further gains are seen above 1.2800, like the year-to-date (YTD) high of 1.2893.
GBP/USD Price Action – Daily Chart
British Pound PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of British Pound (GBP) against listed major currencies today. British Pound was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.33% | 0.33% | 0.13% | 0.34% | 0.40% | 0.27% | 0.05% | |
| EUR | -0.33% | -0.01% | -0.22% | 0.00% | 0.06% | -0.06% | -0.28% | |
| GBP | -0.33% | 0.00% | -0.22% | -0.02% | 0.05% | -0.05% | -0.29% | |
| JPY | -0.13% | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.15% | -0.10% | |
| CAD | -0.34% | -0.00% | 0.02% | -0.20% | 0.07% | -0.05% | -0.30% | |
| AUD | -0.40% | -0.06% | -0.05% | -0.27% | -0.07% | -0.11% | -0.34% | |
| NZD | -0.27% | 0.06% | 0.05% | -0.15% | 0.05% | 0.11% | -0.25% | |
| CHF | -0.05% | 0.28% | 0.29% | 0.10% | 0.30% | 0.34% | 0.25% |
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 British Pound from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent GBP (base)/USD (quote).
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.
