Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD remains constructive

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GBP/USD outlook: Cable remains constructive

Cable edged higher early Monday and pressure pivotal barrier at 1.3350 (Fibo 61.8% of 1.3423/1.3232 pullback / former recovery peak of Apr 24).

Series of higher lows since 1.3232 correction low, with fresh recovery being tracked by ascending 10DMA add to near term bullish bias, with sustained break of 1.3350 needed to confirm that corrective phase is over, and larger bulls look for fresh attack at key 1.3434 barrier (2024 top). Read more...

GBP/USD Forecast: Pound Sterling sellers turn hesitant on US-China uncertainty

GBP/USD closed marginally lower on Friday but ended up posting small weekly gains. The pair holds its ground in the European session on Monday and trades above 1.3300.

Markets adopt a cautious stance to start the week amid mixed headlines surrounding the US-China trade conflict. As a result, the US Dollar (USD) struggles to outperform its rivals and allows GBP/USD to keep its footing. Read more...

GBP/USD Weekly Outlook: Pound Sterling stands resilient to Trump's tariff play

GBP/USD mainly remained at the mercy of the US Dollar dynamics, induced by US President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff moves and some flickers of optimism on surprisingly resilient US corporate earnings.

The Greenback yo-yoed wildly this week, tumbling nearly 1% against its major rivals at the start of the week on Monday after Trump threatened to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates quickly enough, only to surge 1.5% a day later as Trump softened his rhetoric about China and the independence of the US Federal Reserve. Read more...

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EUR/USD remains offered below 1.1800, looks at US data

EUR/USD is still trading on the defensive in the latter part of Thursday’s session, while the US Dollar maintains its bid bias as investors now gear up for Friday’s key release of the PCE data, advanced Q4 GDP prints and flash PMIs.

GBP/USD bounces off monthly lows near 1.3430

GBP/USD is sliding in tandem with its risk-sensitive peers, drifting back towards the 1.3430 area, its lowest levels in the month. The move reflects a firmer Greenback, supported by another round of solid US data and a somewhat divided FOMC Minutes.

Gold surrenders some gains, back below $5,000

Gold is giving away part of its earlier gains on Thursday, receding to the sub-$5,000 region per troy ounce. The precious metal is finding support from renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and declining US Treasury yields across the curve in a context of further advance in the Greenback.

XRP edges lower as SG-FORGE integrates EUR stablecoin on XRP Ledger

Ripple’s (XRP) outlook remains weak, as headwinds spark declines toward the $1.40 psychological support at the time of writing on Thursday.

Hawkish Fed minutes and a market finding its footing

It was green across the board for US Stock market indexes at the close on Wednesday, with most S&P 500 names ending higher, adding 38 points (0.6%) to 6,881 overall. At the GICS sector level, energy led gains, followed by technology and consumer discretionary, while utilities and real estate posted the largest losses.

Injective token surges over 13% following the approval of the mainnet upgrade proposal

Injective price rallies over 13% on Thursday after the network confirmed the approval of its IIP-619 proposal. The green light for the mainnet upgrade has boosted traders’ sentiment, as the upgrade aims to scale Injective’s real-time Ethereum Virtual Machine architecture and enhance its capabilities to support next-generation payments.