Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD bulls are throwing in the towel at eight week highs

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GBP/USD bulls are throwing in the towel at eight week highs

The British Pound pulled back from the highest level against the dollar in eight weeks on Wednesday, a high made as worries about the health of the global financial system continued to ease. At the time of writing, GBP/USD is down some 0.2% after falling from a high of 1.2361 to a low of 1.2302. Read More...

GBP/USD retreats from multi-week high amid modest USD uptick, bullish potential intact

The GBP/USD pair retreats from the 1.2360 area, or its highest level since February 3 touched this Wednesday and trades with modest losses during the early North American session. Spot prices, for now, seem to have snapped a two-day winning streak, though manage to hold comfortably above the 1.2300 round-figure mark, or the daily swing low. Read More...

GBP/USD recovers a few pips from daily low, finds some support near 1.2300 mark

The GBP/USD pair comes under some selling pressure on Wednesday, snapping a two-day winning streak and eroding a part of the overnight gains to its highest level since early February. The pair drops to a fresh daily low during the first half of the European session, albeit finds some support near the 1.2300 mark and recovers a few pips in the last hour. Read More...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2307
Today Daily Change	-0.0035
Today Daily Change %	-0.28
Today daily open	1.2342

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2112
Daily SMA50	1.2151
Daily SMA100	1.2108
Daily SMA200	1.1894

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.2349
Previous Daily Low	1.2281
Previous Weekly High	1.2344
Previous Weekly Low	1.2167
Previous Monthly High	1.2402
Previous Monthly Low	1.1915
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2323
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.2307
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2299
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2256
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2231
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2367
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2392
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.2435

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