GBP/USD climbed into the 1.2700 handle on Monday before falling back, paring away some of the day’s gains but hitting the rollover higher than it started.
The UK sees only a thin showing on the economic calendar this week, and another US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) labor print on Friday sees investors gearing up for another kick at the can on how soon the Federal Reserve (Fed) will begin cutting interest rates.
Tuesday’s UK BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales for the year ended February are expected to print at 1.6% YoY versus the 1.4% previous. On the US side for Tuesday, the ISM Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for February is forecast to tick lower to 53.0 from the previous month’s 53.4.
US labor figures feature heavily this week, with ADP Employment Change on Wednesday followed by Friday’s NFP report. ADP Employment Change is forecast to jump to 150K for February versus the previous 107K, while this Friday’s NFP is currently forecast to fall back to 200K from the previous 353K.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will also be making an appearance this week, testifying before the US Congress’ House Financial Services Committee regarding the Fed’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report. Plenty of soundbites and headlines are expected over the two day central bank showing, beginning on Wednesday and wrapping up Thursday.
GBP/USD found a hard technical barrier at the 1.2700 handle on Monday, but the pair managed to eke out a thin gain on the day, gaining around a quarter of a percent by the closing bell.
The pair continues to find technical support from the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at 1.2578, but near-term technical resistance at 1.2700 is capping off bullish momentum and preventing a topside recovery into last December’s peak bids near 1.2800.
Overview | |
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Today last price | 1.2692 |
Today Daily Change | 0.0036 |
Today Daily Change % | 0.28 |
Today daily open | 1.2656 |
Trends | |
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Daily SMA20 | 1.2624 |
Daily SMA50 | 1.2675 |
Daily SMA100 | 1.2554 |
Daily SMA200 | 1.2577 |
Levels | |
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Previous Daily High | 1.2664 |
Previous Daily Low | 1.26 |
Previous Weekly High | 1.27 |
Previous Weekly Low | 1.26 |
Previous Monthly High | 1.2773 |
Previous Monthly Low | 1.2518 |
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 1.264 |
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 1.2624 |
Daily Pivot Point S1 | 1.2616 |
Daily Pivot Point S2 | 1.2576 |
Daily Pivot Point S3 | 1.2552 |
Daily Pivot Point R1 | 1.268 |
Daily Pivot Point R2 | 1.2704 |
Daily Pivot Point R3 | 1.2744 |
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