GBP/USD
Why is the pound moving today?
The pound is up 0.05% today, a small move, with the sharpest part coming between 6:50 am and 7:20 am ET, around the Bank of England's 7:00 am ET rate decision release.
- The Bank of England's Official Bank Rate decision and related releases came out at 7:00 am ET, just before the pound's sharpest gain; our data does not include the actual figures.Economic calendar →
- The dollar was little changed, up 0.07%, and EUR/USD was little changed, up 0.00%, so neither linked market explains the move.US dollar index →
The pound is in the upper half of its 52-week range of 1.3170 to 1.3649 and is up 1.50% over the past month.
Updated 11:30 am ET · Automatically generated from market data and MacroInsight reporting, then checked against our standards. How this works
Price
Key statistics Support & resistance →
- Previous close
- 1.3468
- Day range
- 1.3448 – 1.3501
- 52-week range
- 1.3170 – 1.3649
- 1 week
- +0.70%
- 1 month
- +1.56%
- 3 months
- −0.31%
- Year to date
- +0.23%
- 1 year
- +0.23%
- 50-day average
- 1.3311
- 200-day average
- 1.3413
- Volatility (20d, ann.)
- 3%
- Typical daily move
- 0.5%
Analysis
GBP/USD is at 1.3483, up 0.1% today.
It is up 1.6% over the past month, up 0.2% so far this year and up 0.2% over 12 months.
It sits in the upper half of its 52-week range of 1.3170 to 1.3649, 1.2% below the high.
The trend signals are mixed: the price and its 50-day average (1.3311) sit on different sides of the 200-day average (1.3413).
Volatility over the past 20 sessions is 3% annualised, subdued compared with the past year.
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