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Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP/USD takes offers to extend pullback

GBP/USD Price Analysis: Retreats from 1.2780 hurdle as BoE hawks step back ahead of US NFP

GBP/USD consolidates the first weekly gains in three while refreshing the intraday low near 1.2730 amid very early Friday morning in London. In doing so, the Cable pair justifies the market’s preparations for the all-important US employment report for June, as well as the reassessment of the hawkish bets on the Bank of England (BoE), not to forget the downbeat signals from the options market.

Technically, the Pound Sterling pair’s failure to defend the previous day’s recovery from the 100-Exponential Moving Average (EMA) joins sluggish MACD signals and a U-turn from a three-week-long horizontal resistance near 1.2770-80 to lure GBP/USD bears. Read more...

GBP/USD grinds higher past 1.2700 even as options market signals prod Cable bulls, US NFP eyed

GBP/USD holds onto the previous day’s upside momentum while picking up bids to 1.2745 amid the early hours of Friday’s Asian session. That said, the Pound Sterling pair marked a stellar move on Thursday while rising the most in more than a week to refresh a fortnight-high before paring some gains by the day’s end while reversing from 1.2781.

It’s worth noting that the market’s cautious mood ahead of the US employment report for June, including the Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP), could be held responsible for the Cable pair’s latest struggles. Adding to that is the latest downbeat print of the options market signal. Read more...

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price1.2728
Today Daily Change-0.0012
Today Daily Change %-0.09
Today daily open1.274
 
Trends
Daily SMA201.2701
Daily SMA501.2569
Daily SMA1001.2404
Daily SMA2001.2149
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1.2781
Previous Daily Low1.2674
Previous Weekly High1.276
Previous Weekly Low1.2591
Previous Monthly High1.2848
Previous Monthly Low1.2369
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1.274
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1.2715
Daily Pivot Point S11.2682
Daily Pivot Point S21.2624
Daily Pivot Point S31.2575
Daily Pivot Point R11.2789
Daily Pivot Point R21.2839
Daily Pivot Point R31.2897

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