(VIANEWS) – The GBP/USD pair gains some positive traction on the first day of a new week and moves away from its lowest level since June 13, around the 1.2550-1.2545 region touched on Friday. Spot prices retake the 1.2600 round-figure mark during the Asian session and draw support from a modest US Dollar (USD) downfall.
FXStreet reported that china on Sunday announced that the levy charged on stock trading will drop from 0.1% to 0.05% from August 28 – marking the first reduction since 2008 – to boost the struggling market. This, in turn, helps revive investor confidence, which is evident from a generally positive tone around the equity markets and leads to some profit-taking around the safe-haven Greenback, especially after the recent rally to a nearly three-month high. This, along with hawkish remarks by Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent, underpins the British Pound and provides a modest lift to the GBP/USD pair.
GBP/USD (GBPUSD) has been up by 1.97% for the last 21 sessions. At 15:35 EST on Monday, 28 August, GBP/USD (GBPUSD) is $1.26.
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After touching its weakest level since mid-June below 1.2550 in the early American session on Friday, GBP/USD managed to erase some of its daily losses. , The GBP/USD pair communicates fears about rising interest rates as the tight labor market is losing its appeal, and firms have reported a decline in production due to a dismal demand outlook.
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Even if the quote rises past 1.2725, the tops marked in June around 1.2850 will challenge the GBP/USD buyers before giving them control., Following that, the 200-DMA support of around the 1.2400 threshold will act as the final defense of the GBP/USD buyers.
Gbp/usd technical analysis: strong sell saturation levels – 28 August 2023
According to the trading, the price of the GBP/USD currency pair dropped to the lowest support level of 1.2547 in more than two months and closed the week’s trading stable around the 1.2576 level. , Today’s sterling vs. dollar expectations:According to the performance on the daily chart below, the price of the sterling currency pair against the US dollar GBP/USD in its downward path.
GBP/USD’s yearly highs and lows, it’s 21.428% up from its 52-week low and 4.101% down from its 52-week high.
Volatility
GBP/USD’s last week, last month’s, and last quarter’s current intraday variation average was a negative 0.28%, a negative 0.09%, and a positive 0.35%, respectively.
GBP/USD’s highest amplitude of average volatility was 0.30% (last week), 0.26% (last month), and 0.35% (last quarter), respectively.
Forex Price Classification
According to the stochastic oscillator, a useful indicator of overbought and oversold conditions, GBP/USD’s Forex is considered to be overbought (>=80).
Previous days news about GBP/USD (GBPUSD)
- Gbp/usd slides to two-month lows amid global economic woes, hawkish fed stance. According to FXStreet on Saturday, 26 August, “The Pound Sterling (GBP) finished the week on a lower note against the US Dollar (USD), falling to hold above the 1.2600 figure, with the GBP/USD sliding toward new two-month lows. “, “The GBP/USD daily chart portrays the pair as neutral to downward biased, but the break below the latest market structure swing low at 1.2590 could exacerbate a test of the 200-day Moving Average (DMA) at 1.2397. “
- Gbp/usd: weekly forecast 27th August – 2nd September – 27 August 2023. According to DailyForex on Sunday, 27 August, “The volatility of the GBP/USD in the past two and half months of trading has been startling even to experienced Forex traders.”, “However, as the week begins tomorrow, some traders are likely to remain confident the GBP/USD is now vastly oversold. “
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