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GBP/USD remains heavily offered near multi-month lows

   •  Brexit-related chaos continues to dent sentiment around the British Pound.
   •  The UK consumer inflation figures miss estimates and do little to lend support.

The GBP/USD pair maintained its heavily offered tone through the early European session and held near multi-month lows post-UK CPI figures.

The British Pound remained depressed and added to its recent heavy losses amid growing market conviction that the UK PM Theresa May won't be able to gather the needed votes to pass her withdrawal agreement bill. 

May's new proposal outlined the passage of her Brexit deal as a pre-condition for a vote on a second referendum and given that similar versions were voted down previously, a fourth humiliating defeat was seen imminent.

Meanwhile, Wednesday's release of UK consumer inflation figures came in to show a pickup in April but missed consensus estimates and hence, did little to impress the GBP bulls or ease the prevailing bearish pressure.

Even a subdued US Dollar demand - amid a softer tone around the US Treasury bond yields ahead of today's important release of the latest FOMC meeting minutes, also failed to lend any support to the major.

However, near-term oversold conditions seemed to be the only factor helping limit further downside as investors now look forward to May's statement for further details on her 10-point new Brexit proposal.

Technical levels to watch

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price1.2667
Today Daily Change-0.0039
Today Daily Change %-0.31
Today daily open1.2706
 
Trends
Daily SMA201.2939
Daily SMA501.3046
Daily SMA1001.3016
Daily SMA2001.2958
Levels
Previous Daily High1.2815
Previous Daily Low1.2685
Previous Weekly High1.3042
Previous Weekly Low1.2711
Previous Monthly High1.3196
Previous Monthly Low1.2865
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.2735
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.2765
Daily Pivot Point S11.2656
Daily Pivot Point S21.2605
Daily Pivot Point S31.2526
Daily Pivot Point R11.2786
Daily Pivot Point R21.2865
Daily Pivot Point R31.2916

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Haresh Menghani

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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