Posts Tagged ‘Coronavirus’
Super Thursday Expected to Drive Volatility
GBP The Pound had a difficult week, losing ground against every G10 currency apart from the New Zealand Dollar. Against the Euro, Sterling finished flat but lost a quarter of one percent to the US Dollar. The Pound has suffered due to uncertainty around the full reopening of the economy on the 21st of June.…
Read MoreSterling set to accelerate higher
GBP The Pound finished the week just north of the 1.12 handle against the Euro and just below 1.33 against the Dollar. Though a positive week overall for Sterling it never manged to break through the key resistance levels of 1.1215 and 1.3310 and instead spent week bouncing back off them. Should these levels be…
Read MoreMarkets await Tuesday’s trade talks
GBP The pound finished the week 0.3% higher against the dollar compared to the opening rate on Monday morning. Though this is a small move overall we saw 1% of total volatility in cable, most of this coming off the back of the UK officially entering a technical recession after posting negative growth of 20.4%…
Read MoreSterling looks to build on firm foundations
GBP The pound ended last week flat after trading in a 15-pip range against the Euro for the whole of Friday afternoon. Against the Dollar it lost some of the gains it had racked up during the back end of the week but remained firmly above 1.30. GBP has a busy mid-week data schedule with…
Read MoreWorld Economy slumps over Coronavirus
GBP & EUR GBP fell on average 3% against all major currency pairs over the last one week, drawing a fresh 5-month low on GBP/EUR and GBP/USD. Last week we saw both the UK & EU play hard ball with their mandate of an ideal trade deal, which saw GBP come off towards the back…
Read MoreCoronavirus Dominates the Market
GBP A relatively data-light week ahead in the FX market for both GBP and EUR, with UK consumer confidence being the only data drop on Friday morning. The G20 Summit took place over the weekend, in which UK officials criticised the EU over its indecision regarding the mandate presented for post-UK trade talks. The relationship…
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