Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD pound eyes 1.2400 as next bullish target

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GBP/USD outlook: Cable stands at the front foot ahead of UK inflation report

Cable extends recovery after Friday’s drop, holding positive sentiment after the BoE kept its mode of gradual rate increases on last week’s policy meeting, but showed readiness for more aggressive steps if needed to curb surging inflation.

Traders look for more clues from Wednesday’s UK CPI report, with forecasts for inflation to rise to 9.1% in May from 9.0% previous month and expectations that inflation can top 11%. Read more...

GBP/USD Forecast: Pound eyes 1.2400 as next bullish target

GBP/USD has managed to build on Monday's modest gains and climbed above 1.2300 in the early European morning on Tuesday. The broad-based dollar weakness amid improving risk mood helps the pair preserve its bullish momentum.

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that they could decide whether to pause the federal gasoline tax by the end of the week. Additionally, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard reiterated that the effects of the Fed's forward guidance were already taking hold on the economy and inflation. Read more...

GBP/USD climbs further beyond 1.2300 mark, lacks follow-through buying

The GBP/USD pair added to the previous day's modest gains and scaled higher for the second successive day on Tuesday. The steady intraday ascent extended through the first half of the European session and lifted spot prices to a two-day high, around the 1.2325 region in the last hour.

The risk-on impulse - as depicted by the strong rally across the global equity markets - undermined the safe-haven US dollar. Apart from this, signs that there will not be any consensus for a 100 bps rate hike in the foreseeable future exerted heavy downward pressure on the USD, which, in turn, extended support to the GBP/USD pair. Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.2266
Today Daily Change	0.0014
Today Daily Change %	0.11
Today daily open	1.2252

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.2439
Daily SMA50	1.2545
Daily SMA100	1.2923
Daily SMA200	1.3222

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.228
Previous Daily Low	1.2199
Previous Weekly High	1.2407
Previous Weekly Low	1.1934
Previous Monthly High	1.2667
Previous Monthly Low	1.2155
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.2249
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.223
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.2208
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.2163
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.2126
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.2289
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.2325
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.237

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EUR/USD remains offered below 1.1600, seems vulnerable near multi-month low

The EUR/USD pair struggles to capitalize on the overnight bounce from the 1.1530 region, or the lowest level since November 2025, and lower for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. Spot prices slide back below the 1.1600 mark during the Asian session and seem vulnerable to slide further.

GBP/USD slips below key averages as geopolitical risks mount

GBP/USD fell about 0.35% on Tuesday, settling around 1.3350 after slipping below the 200-day Exponential Moving Average for the first time since early December. The pair has pulled back sharply from its late-January high near 1.3870, shedding over 500 pips in a series of lower highs and lower lows.

Gold rebounds ahead of US ADP, will it last?

Gold finds renewed Asian bids and retests $5,230 early Wednesday after the heavy sell-off on Tuesday. The US Dollar stands tall amid escalating Middle East tensions and reduced dovish Fed expectations. Gold defends $5,000 or 50% Fibo level after facing rejection at the 78.6% Fibo resistance at $5,342 amid bullish RSI.

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple struggle for direction as consolidation persists

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple prices trade with a cautious tone at the time of writing on Wednesday as upside momentum continues to fade across the broader crypto market. BTC remains within a parallel channel, ETH struggles below key resistance, while XRP remains fragile within a descending channel. These top three cryptocurrencies by market capitalization continue to struggle to establish a directional bias amid the consolidation phase.

Energy shock 2.0: Why rising Gas prices could hit the Euro

Even without a confirmed, sustained disruption, the mere risk to a key global energy chokepoint is enough to inject a significant premium into European Gas markets. And for the Euro, that matters.

Ripple falters amid sell-off jitters and negative funding rates

Ripple (XRP) has come under pressure, drifting lower to $1.35 at the time of writing on Tuesday. The over 2% correction looks poised to erase the previous day’s gains, which lifted the remittance token to $1.42.