As market expectations for future aggressive rate hike from the BoE relatively disappeared post the UK’s dropping inflation, the Pound Sterling kept falling versus the US dollar. The inflated British pound was greatly impacted by the US dollar, which was also participating in an independent surge. As the money markets …
Read More »GBP/JPY declines to lowest level since September
The Japanese Yen is soaring across the board after the Bank of Japan’s rate decision. The GBP/JPY pair cross is losing more than 700 pips on Tuesday amid rallying yen following the BoJ’s monetary policy announcement. BoJ’s rate decision also raised the upper range of its yield curve control of …
Read More »GBP/JPY touches six-year highs
The GBP/JPY registered strong gains during the week of 2.72%. The Bank of Japan intervention gave GBP/JPY buyers a better entry price around the weekly lows of 165.43.The GBP/JPY pair is still upward biased, about to test the February 2016 high at 175.01. The pair also rallies to fresh six-year …
Read More »GBP/JPY exposed to selling pressure
The GBP/JPY has reached a fresh two-day high at around 163.62. Investors’ optimism augmented their appetite for risk-sensitive currencies like the pound.The pair erases Wednesday’s losses and soars on Thursday amidst a risk-on impulse that augmented appetite for riskier assets, meaning safe-haven peers sustaining losses. The pair is trading at …
Read More »GBP/JPY Watches BoJ’s intervention threats
Financial Japanese authorities had a meeting to address the weaker JPY and have agreed to act if the yen continues weakening. Despite falling on threats of an intervention by Japan, the GBP/JPY pair managed to gain 1.30% within a week.The GBP/JPY pair fell on Friday and trimmed weekly gains of …
Read More »GBP/JPY benefits of mixed sentiment
The sterling gains against the Japanese yen, despite risk-off market sentiment that typically benefits the Japanese yen, but the rally in the USD/JPY pair weighed on the yen. The GBP/JPY gains some 0.20% as the Asian Pacific session begins. As for market sentiment, it begins to shift to positive but …
Read More »GBP/JPY Eases, Eying UK Jobs Data
The GBP/JPY has faded from a two-day rebound near 159.00 as traders await UK data during Tuesday’s Asian session. The cross-currency pair remains inside a one-month-old descending trend channel formation, recently firmer around the 50% Fibonacci retracement (Fibo.) of December 2021 to April 2022 upside.The GBP/JPY pair’s breakout of 50% …
Read More »GBP/JPY pullback extends amid risk-off on week’s start
The GBP/JPY pair was last trading lower by 1.1%, after extending on last Friday’s slightly larger loss to fall back to near the 163.00 level for the first time in nearly two weeks and, in doing so, drop below its 21-Day Moving Average (currently at 163.18) for the first time …
Read More »GBP/JPY Advances As UK Yields Surge, Eying Annual Highs
The GBP/JPY pair advanced above 157.00 on Monday despite a somewhat risk-off market feel and is eyeing annual highs near 158.00.The pair was lifted by a surge in UK yields in tandem with their global peers. With dovish vibes expected from BoE’s Bailey later this week and fragile risk appetite, …
Read More »GBP/JPY Steadies Amid Downbeat Market Sentiment
In the New York session, the British pound slides against the safe-haven status of the Japanese yen. The GBP/JPY is trading at 153.64, down 0.27% and the GBP/JPY began in the right foot in the overnight session, though subdued around the daily highs at 154.50. Nevertheless, as the market mood …
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