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Sterling Rises After Employment Data
Pound Rises for Second Consecutive Day The pound rose against both the US dollar and euro on Wednesday, for the second [...]
Poor Inflation figures weaken Pound
Will the BoE cut rates? UK inflation figures were published yesterday morning (9:30am) which came in at the lowest reading seen [...]
Sterling Rebounds as Investors Buy the Dip
GBP/EUR Rises to 1.17 The pound staged a modest comeback against both the euro and the dollar on Tuesday as investors [...]
Pound Weakens as Bank of England policy makers hint at possible rate cut
UK Economic Growth slows to weakest since 2012 Yet another BOE policymaker has suggested the idea of cutting the central bank’s [...]
Choppy Trade for Sterling
Volatile Start to the Week for UK Currency The pound remained fairly subdued towards the end of last week as Thursday [...]
Happy New Year!
UK Manufacturing dips lower in December UK factory output fell at its fastest rate since 2012 in December as a tepid [...]
Sterling Falls After Bank of England Announcement
Sterling Drops After MPC Rate Announcement The pound fell against both the euro and the dollar on Thursday after two of [...]
Pound drops on fresh No-deal fears
Sterling loses one percent over night Traders awoke to more volatility this morning with reports coming out that Boris and his [...]
Conservatives win with a majority
Sterling hits 31 month-high against the Euro The Conservatives have won their biggest majority at Westminster since Margaret Thatchers 1987 election [...]
Choppy Day for Sterling
YouGov Poll Predicts Tory Majority The pound nose-dived against the single currency as markets opened on Wednesday morning after the latest, [...]
Pound Stable in run up to election
GBP/EUR sitting in high 1.18’s The pound has been relatively stable over the past two days trading and still holding on [...]
Sterling hits 31-month high against the Euro
14-point lead for conservatives The Pound has hit a fresh 31- moth high against the Euro today after two polls showed [...]
Sterling Rises Against US Dollar
Tough Day for US Currency The pound traded within a narrow range against the euro on Wednesday but made decent gains [...]
Sterling hits multi month highs against major currencies
Seven-month highs against USD and 2.5 year high against Euro The Pound moved higher against all of it's peers today after [...]
Sterling Snippet
GBP/EUR back in the 1.17’s The Pound has managed to claw back most of its losses against the Euro and Dollar [...]
Sterling Under Pressure After Poor Manufacturing PMI
Poor Start to December for Sterling The pound lost ground against the euro on Monday as Manufacturing PMI data from the [...]
Opinion Polls boosts the Pound
GBP/EUR breaks €1.1750 On the back of the most recent YouGov opinion poll GBP received another welcomed boost to hit the [...]
Yougov Poll confirms 11-point lead for Conservative party
Pound Steadies after poor start to the week The Pound has managed to recover most of its losses against the Euro, [...]
Sterling Strengthens After Weekend Election Polls
Pound Starts Week on Front Foot The pound made decent gains against both the euro and the US dollar on Monday [...]
A flat week of trading
Major currencies trade in tight range as investors hold fire Over the past week all the major currency crosses have held [...]
Pound trades lower mid-week
Sterling Focus on ITV election debate The Pound has been trading slightly lower mid-week but nevertheless it is still trading towards [...]