Today in the European trading hours, the GBP/USD currency pair managed to stop its previous session bearish moves and took bids around closer to the 1.2900 level. However, the bullish trend around the currency pair could be associated with the weaker U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar lost its early-day gains as the market trading sentiment turned positive, which trimmed the U.S. dollar’s safe-haven bids and contributed to the currency pair gains.
On the contrary, the downbeat catalysts, like uncertainty over the Brexit talks and concerns over national lockdown, become the key factors that kept the lid on any additional currency pair gains. At this particular time, the GBP/USD currency pair is currently trading at 1.2872 and consolidating in the range between 1.2867 – 1.2930.
Despite concerns about the coronavirus cases in some nations and U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end negotiations with Democrats on the economic stimulus package, the investors continued to cheer the latest reports suggesting that the U.S. President Trump showed a willingness to pass $25 billion for Airline Payroll Support and $135 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. This, in turn, provided a fresh boost to the market’s risk sentiment and trimmed the U.S. dollar’s safe-haven bids.
As in result, the broad-based U.S. dollar failed to maintain its positive traction and edged lower, at least for now. Moreover, the losses in the U.S. dollar could also be associated with the fresh risk-on mood. However, the U.S. dollar losses were further bolstered by the renewed concerns about the already shaky U.S. economic recovery. Thus, the losses in the U.S. dollar kept the GBP/USD currency pair higher. Whereas, the U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was up 0.1% at 93.737.
At the Brexit front, the Brexit related uncertainties remain on the card. As per the latest reports, the Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said that the European Union (E.U.) Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier will not agree on intensified discussions unless the U.K. moves its stance on state aid. Furthermore, the news that the European states push for a hardliner in fisheries and knowingly delay the negotiations exerted extra downside pressure around the British Pound, which could be considered one of the key factors that kept the lid on any additional gains in the currency pair.
Also capping the pair’s gains could be the COVID-19 worries over the rise in northern England and looming concerns over national lockdown weigh the cable. Looking forward, the market traders keeping their eyes on the Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s scheduled speech. In the meantime, the updates surrounding the fresh Sino-US tussle, as well as the coronavirus (COVID-19), could not lose their importance.
Daily Support and Resistance
S1 1.2673
S2 1.279
S3 1.286
Pivot Point 1.2907
R1 1.2978
R2 1.3025
R3 1.3142
Entry Price – Buy 1.28932
Stop Loss – 1.28532
Take Profit – 1.29332
Risk to Reward – 1:1
Profit & Loss Per Standard Lot = -$400/ +$400
Profit & Loss Per Micro Lot = -$40/ +$40
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