GBP/USD turns subdued as USD Index rebounds ahead of US Durable Goods Orders

GBP/USD has witnessed a loss in the upside momentum and has dropped below 1.2440.
The recovery move in the USD Index has scaled to near 101.80.
The BoE would continue hiking rates further despite a more-than-anticipated contraction in UK Retail Sales.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The GBP/USD pair has dropped below 1.2440 in the Asian session amid exhaustion in the Asian session. The Cable has faced some selling pressure as the US Dollar Index (DXY) has shown a recovery move after defending the critical support of 101.63.

S&P500 futures have added more losses in the Asian session amid anxiety among market participants ahead of quarterly results from technology giants. Amazon, Facebook, and Google will release their quarterly earnings this week. The street is worried about the impact of declining demand due to higher interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) on their results.

Contrary to the recovery in the USD Index, US yields have dropped. The 10-year US Treasury yields have dropped to near 3.56%. The recovery move in the USD Index has scaled to near 101.80.

Going forward, a power-pack action is expected from the USD Index amid the release of the United States Durable Goods Orders data. A release of an upbeat demand for Durable Goods will strengthen core consumer inflation expectations and will also advocate for the announcement of consecutive 25 basis points (bps) rate hike from the Fed.

On the Pound Sterling front, further contraction in United Kingdom Retail Sales data failed to impact the odds of one more rate hike from the Bank of England (BoE). UK inflation is extremely stubborn and the BoE may not pause its policy-tightening spell.

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2437
Today Daily Change	-0.0004
Today Daily Change %	-0.03
Today daily open	1.2441

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2413
Daily SMA50	1.221
Daily SMA100	1.2198
Daily SMA200	1.1927

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2448
Previous Daily Low	1.2367
Previous Weekly High	1.2474
Previous Weekly Low	1.2354
Previous Monthly High	1.2424
Previous Monthly Low	1.1803
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2398
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2417
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.239
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2338
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2308
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2471
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.25
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2552

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Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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