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The British Pound Sterling (GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom.
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Latest British Pound News
Yesterday's Trading (02-Sep-2010)
GBP/USD - closing market price was 1.5393 with a low of 1.5350 and a high of 1.5453.
EUR/GBP - closing market price was 0.8327 (1.2009) with a low of 0.8280 (1.1973) and a high of 0.8352 (1.2077).
14 July 2010 08:58 - British Pound Set To Continue Rise
Unemployment figures for the UK have hit a 15-month low, increasing confidence in the UK economy. This has contributed to the Pound Sterling's gains this week, outperforming other major currencies. The Pound is expected to continue to do well over the next few days, although doubts are still present following the major banks unrest over figures released for 2009 GDP that show the recession to have hit harder than first thought.
FTT Trading Desk: www.fttcurrency.co.uk
12 July 2010 10:52 - GBP falls following warning from banks
Start of the week figures have shown the GBP to be down 0.2 percent against USD. This follows a leaked story to the press suggesting that UK Banks are planning to warn the Chancellor of a potential double dip recession.
FTT Trading Desk: www.fttcurrency.co.uk
08 July 2010 10:54 - British Pounds Sterling Currency Rate Update
Sterling eases after hitting 2-month high vs Dollar. GBP/USD reached a two month high of 1.5241 this morning setting off a run of selling that in turn has pushed the rate back to 1.5127. Traders will be keeping a close eye on the rate following the Bank of England's policy decision due at 1100GMT.
FTT Trading Desk: www.fttcurrency.co.uk
24 June 2010 16:14 - British Pounds Sterling Money Transfer Update
The pound has hit a 19-month high as debt woes weigh down on the Euro. Sterling touched 1.2222 Euros during trading on Thursday. This is the highest Sterling has reached since the Financial crisis. Markets continue to worry about the European debt crisis, with the perceived risk of a default by Greece hitting an all-time high.
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8th June 2010 17:00 - Sterling (GBP) Update
The recent decline of the Euro against Sterling has been temporarily halted after a credit agency issued a warning about the difficulties the UK faces in reducing the national deficit. After Inter-bank trading reaced the 1.21 mark it has now dropped back into the 1.20 range.
FTT Trading Desk: www.fttcurrency.co.uk
GBP/USD Daily Outlook (source: Action Forex)
GBP/USD's fall from 1.6661 extends further to as low as 1.5830 so far today and still in progress. As mentioned before a short term top is tentatively treated as formed at 1.6661 and break of 1.5778 cluster support (38.2% retracement of 1.4395 to 1.6661 at... (source: Action Forex)
Short-Term Forex Technical Outlook: EUR/GBP (source: Daily FX)
Political tensions in the U.K. weighed on the British pound during the previous week, and pushed the EUR/GBP higher to retrace the sell-off from the end... (source: Daily FX)
Forex Market Update: U.S. Dollar Mixed, British Pound Continues to Fall as Political Tensions Linger (source: Daily FX)
The USD briefly extended Friday's gains in Asian trading against some currencies, successfully sending EUR/USD to 1.3928 and Kiwi to lows of 0.6240 and... (source: Daily FX)
Daily Forex Prediction for June 8, 2009 (update 09:46am GMT7) by ... - Forex Factory (source: Info 5000)
Daily Forex Prediction for June 8, 2009 (update 09:46am GMT7) by ...Forex FactoryEURUSD It is complicated. We predict that EURUSD may be will go down to around 1.3830 before it is go up. (Current Price: 1.3995) GBPUSD It is more likely to go down to aro... (source: Info 5000)
JUNE 8 - PROST ICKS ICH IMOKU FOREX TECHN ICAL REPORT FOR EUR, GBP ... - ForexTV.com (source: Info 5000)
JUNE 8 - PROST ICKS ICH IMOKU FOREX TECHN ICAL REPORT FOR EUR, GBP ...ForexTV.com, NYFriday's low was right at our stop level at 1.3930 and our long position was stopped out for profit. Daily closed with upper extreme tail at 1.4220 , weekly bearish rever... (source: Info 5000)
GBP/USD Weekly Outlook (source: Action Forex)
GBP/USD climbed further to 1.6661 last wee but reversed since then. A short term top should be formed with 4 hours MACD turned negative. Initial bias remains on the downside this week for 1.5778 cluster support (38.2% retracement of 1.4395 to 1.6661 at 1.5... (source: Action Forex)
EUR/GBP Weekly Outlook (source: Action Forex)
EUR/GBP rebounded strongly last week after meeting 61.8% projection of 0.9494 to 0.8785 from 0.9036 at 0.8598. With an intraday top in place at 0.8866, initial bias is neutral this week and some consolidation might be seen first. But pull back should be co... (source: Action Forex)
British Pound at the Mercy of Risk Appetite as Fundamentals Crumble (source: Daily FX)
Up until the second half of this past week, the British pound was enjoying a steady and aggressive rally against its US counterpart. However, a 22 percent... (source: Daily FX)
US Dollar, Japanese Yen Finally See Divergent Price Action as US NFPs Fall Less Than Expected (source: Daily FX)
-US Dollar, Japanese Yen Finally See Divergent Price Action as US NFPs Fall Less Than Expected -British Pound, Euro Tumble the Day After BOE, ECB Policy... (source: Daily FX)
16:30 (CET) - GbpUsd (source: Alerts Feed)
GbpUsd: there is no doubt that today is a bad day for the Sterling . Not only the US employment data affected it, but also the turmoil in Gordon Brown's government, after several ministers resigned. A few minutes ago, the pair was trading at 1.6005 ... (source: Alerts Feed)
Waiting on NFP (source: ACM Newsletter)
When the smoke cleared, not much really happened at yesterday's much hyped Central Bank announcement. In fact, we would venture to say that the day's only real fireworks occurred when rumors spread of the resignation of PM Gordon Brown and/or Alistair Darl... (source: ACM Newsletter)
British Pound Tumbles Lower as Political Tensions Intensify, Alistair Darling to Remain as Chancellor of the Exchequer (source: Daily FX)
The British pound continued to retrace the advance from earlier in the week during the overnight session, and slipped to an intraday low of 1.6018 as Prime... (source: Daily FX)
WORLD FOREX: GBP Still Weak On Politics; US Job Data Awaited - Wall Street Journal (source: Info 5000)
WORLD FOREX: GBP Still Weak On Politics; US Job Data AwaitedWall Street JournalTOKYO (Dow Jones)--The yen weakened slightly against the dollar and euro in Asian trading Friday as a continued strong Japanese share market performance led to more risk toleran... (source: Info 5000)
Overnight Interest Rate Update 06.05.09 (source: Daily FX)
Current Yesterday USD 0.26063 0.26125 GBP 0.55000 0.55000 EUR 0.54750 0.54125 JPY 0.14250 0.14250 CHF 0.10833 0.10667 AUD 3.09250 3.08000 CAD 0.21333 0.21167 NZD 2.62500 2.61250 (source: Daily FX)
GBP/USD Remains Under Pressure on Speculation PM Brown Will Resign (source: Daily FX)
GBP/USD remains under pressure, after strong selling emerged on Thursday with some of the decline linked to rumors that PM Brown was going to resign and... (source: Daily FX)
US Dollar, Japanese Yen Ease Lower - US NFPs Could Determine Risk Trends on Friday (source: Daily FX)
-US Dollar, Japanese Yen Ease Lower - US NFPs Could Determine Risk Trends on Friday -British Pound Pummeled Despite Neutral BOE Tone as Political Uncertainty... (source: Daily FX)
WORLD FOREX: Dollar On Back Foot After ECB Holds Rates Steady - Wall Street Journal (source: Info 5000)
BBC NewsWORLD FOREX: Dollar On Back Foot After ECB Holds Rates SteadyWall Street JournalBy Dan Molinski NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar was lower against the euro Thursday after the European Central Bank decided against cutting its main interest rate, whi... (source: Info 5000)
FOREX-Euro rises on ECB rate view; US jobs data loom - Reuters (source: Info 5000)
ReutersFOREX-Euro rises on ECB rate view; US jobs data loomReutersBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The euro edged higher against the US dollar on Thursday as the European Central Bank signaled it will keep interest rates steady for... (source: Info 5000)
GBP/JPY Elliott Wave Analysis (source: Action Forex)
Sterling rallied to as high as 160.47 earlier this week and then retreated strongly to as low as 155.24 today, suggesting erratic upmove from 118.87 (23 Jan 2009) in wave 4 to retrace in intermediate decline from 215.89 has formed a temporary top there and... (source: Action Forex)
FOREX-Euro climbs vs dollar, boosted by ECB rate view - Reuters (source: Info 5000)
ReutersFOREX-Euro climbs vs dollar, boosted by ECB rate viewReutersBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The euro rose against the US dollar in choppy trading on Thursday as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet signaled th... (source: Info 5000)
GBP/USD Daily Outlook (source: Action Forex)
GBP/USD's fall from 1.6661 extends further to as low as 1.5830 so far today and still in progress. As mentioned before a short term top is tentatively treated as formed at 1.6661 and break of 1.5778 cluster support (38.2% retracement of 1.4395 to 1.6661 at... (source: Action Forex)
Short-Term Forex Technical Outlook: EUR/GBP (source: Daily FX)
Political tensions in the U.K. weighed on the British pound during the previous week, and pushed the EUR/GBP higher to retrace the sell-off from the end... (source: Daily FX)
Forex Market Update: U.S. Dollar Mixed, British Pound Continues to Fall as Political Tensions Linger (source: Daily FX)
The USD briefly extended Friday's gains in Asian trading against some currencies, successfully sending EUR/USD to 1.3928 and Kiwi to lows of 0.6240 and... (source: Daily FX)
Daily Forex Prediction for June 8, 2009 (update 09:46am GMT7) by ... - Forex Factory (source: Info 5000)
Daily Forex Prediction for June 8, 2009 (update 09:46am GMT7) by ...Forex FactoryEURUSD It is complicated. We predict that EURUSD may be will go down to around 1.3830 before it is go up. (Current Price: 1.3995) GBPUSD It is more likely to go down to aro... (source: Info 5000)
JUNE 8 - PROST ICKS ICH IMOKU FOREX TECHN ICAL REPORT FOR EUR, GBP ... - ForexTV.com (source: Info 5000)
JUNE 8 - PROST ICKS ICH IMOKU FOREX TECHN ICAL REPORT FOR EUR, GBP ...ForexTV.com, NYFriday's low was right at our stop level at 1.3930 and our long position was stopped out for profit. Daily closed with upper extreme tail at 1.4220 , weekly bearish rever... (source: Info 5000)
GBP/USD Weekly Outlook (source: Action Forex)
GBP/USD climbed further to 1.6661 last wee but reversed since then. A short term top should be formed with 4 hours MACD turned negative. Initial bias remains on the downside this week for 1.5778 cluster support (38.2% retracement of 1.4395 to 1.6661 at 1.5... (source: Action Forex)
EUR/GBP Weekly Outlook (source: Action Forex)
EUR/GBP rebounded strongly last week after meeting 61.8% projection of 0.9494 to 0.8785 from 0.9036 at 0.8598. With an intraday top in place at 0.8866, initial bias is neutral this week and some consolidation might be seen first. But pull back should be co... (source: Action Forex)
British Pound at the Mercy of Risk Appetite as Fundamentals Crumble (source: Daily FX)
Up until the second half of this past week, the British pound was enjoying a steady and aggressive rally against its US counterpart. However, a 22 percent... (source: Daily FX)
US Dollar, Japanese Yen Finally See Divergent Price Action as US NFPs Fall Less Than Expected (source: Daily FX)
-US Dollar, Japanese Yen Finally See Divergent Price Action as US NFPs Fall Less Than Expected -British Pound, Euro Tumble the Day After BOE, ECB Policy... (source: Daily FX)
16:30 (CET) - GbpUsd (source: Alerts Feed)
GbpUsd: there is no doubt that today is a bad day for the Sterling . Not only the US employment data affected it, but also the turmoil in Gordon Brown's government, after several ministers resigned. A few minutes ago, the pair was trading at 1.6005 ... (source: Alerts Feed)
Waiting on NFP (source: ACM Newsletter)
When the smoke cleared, not much really happened at yesterday's much hyped Central Bank announcement. In fact, we would venture to say that the day's only real fireworks occurred when rumors spread of the resignation of PM Gordon Brown and/or Alistair Darl... (source: ACM Newsletter)
British Pound Tumbles Lower as Political Tensions Intensify, Alistair Darling to Remain as Chancellor of the Exchequer (source: Daily FX)
The British pound continued to retrace the advance from earlier in the week during the overnight session, and slipped to an intraday low of 1.6018 as Prime... (source: Daily FX)
WORLD FOREX: GBP Still Weak On Politics; US Job Data Awaited - Wall Street Journal (source: Info 5000)
WORLD FOREX: GBP Still Weak On Politics; US Job Data AwaitedWall Street JournalTOKYO (Dow Jones)--The yen weakened slightly against the dollar and euro in Asian trading Friday as a continued strong Japanese share market performance led to more risk toleran... (source: Info 5000)
Overnight Interest Rate Update 06.05.09 (source: Daily FX)
Current Yesterday USD 0.26063 0.26125 GBP 0.55000 0.55000 EUR 0.54750 0.54125 JPY 0.14250 0.14250 CHF 0.10833 0.10667 AUD 3.09250 3.08000 CAD 0.21333 0.21167 NZD 2.62500 2.61250 (source: Daily FX)
GBP/USD Remains Under Pressure on Speculation PM Brown Will Resign (source: Daily FX)
GBP/USD remains under pressure, after strong selling emerged on Thursday with some of the decline linked to rumors that PM Brown was going to resign and... (source: Daily FX)
US Dollar, Japanese Yen Ease Lower - US NFPs Could Determine Risk Trends on Friday (source: Daily FX)
-US Dollar, Japanese Yen Ease Lower - US NFPs Could Determine Risk Trends on Friday -British Pound Pummeled Despite Neutral BOE Tone as Political Uncertainty... (source: Daily FX)
WORLD FOREX: Dollar On Back Foot After ECB Holds Rates Steady - Wall Street Journal (source: Info 5000)
BBC NewsWORLD FOREX: Dollar On Back Foot After ECB Holds Rates SteadyWall Street JournalBy Dan Molinski NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar was lower against the euro Thursday after the European Central Bank decided against cutting its main interest rate, whi... (source: Info 5000)
FOREX-Euro rises on ECB rate view; US jobs data loom - Reuters (source: Info 5000)
ReutersFOREX-Euro rises on ECB rate view; US jobs data loomReutersBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The euro edged higher against the US dollar on Thursday as the European Central Bank signaled it will keep interest rates steady for... (source: Info 5000)
GBP/JPY Elliott Wave Analysis (source: Action Forex)
Sterling rallied to as high as 160.47 earlier this week and then retreated strongly to as low as 155.24 today, suggesting erratic upmove from 118.87 (23 Jan 2009) in wave 4 to retrace in intermediate decline from 215.89 has formed a temporary top there and... (source: Action Forex)
FOREX-Euro climbs vs dollar, boosted by ECB rate view - Reuters (source: Info 5000)
ReutersFOREX-Euro climbs vs dollar, boosted by ECB rate viewReutersBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - The euro rose against the US dollar in choppy trading on Thursday as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet signaled th... (source: Info 5000)





