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5 Jun 2024

GBP/USD trades below 1.2800 after safe haven flows bolster Greenback

  • GBP/USD declined 0.3% on Tuesday after risk-off USD bids.
  • Softening UK data mixes poorly with declining Fed rate cut hopes.
  • US markets set to pivot to key US labor data ahead of Friday’s NFP.

GBP/USD shed a third of a percent through Tuesday’s trading, falling below 1.2800 after short-lived bullish momentum carried the pair into its highest bids since mid-March. The Cable is falling back after three straight bullish days, and market sentiment is broadly pivoting into Greenback bids as hopes for a Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut get pushed out to November.

UK BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales grew less than expected for the year ended in May, printing at 0.4% YoY compared to the forecast 1.2%. UK retail sales data is struggling to recover from the previous period’s -4.4% decline. On the US side, JOLTS Job Opening in April eased to 8.059 million, down from the previous revised 8.355 million and missing the forecast 8.34 million. With a still-tight job market plaguing broad-market hopes for rate cuts, risk sentiment soured on the data miss.

The economic calendar remains thin through the remainder of the week, leaving investors to face further labor figures from the US with ADP Employment Change figures on Wednesday and another batch of monthly US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) figures on Friday. ADP’s Employment Change in May is forecast to ease to 173K from the previous 192K, while Friday’s NFP is expected to bounce to 190K from the previous 175K.

GBP/USD technical outlook

GBP/USD has fallen back from near-term highs above the 1.2800 handle, and is set for a rough decline to the lower bound of a choppy rising channel. The bottom could potentially get priced in between 1.2720 and 1.2740, though long-term bullish pressure will look for an extended rebound from the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 1.2739.

Bulls will have their work cut out for them with daily candlesticks set to tumble out of the bottom end of a heavy supply zone below 1.2900, and the immediate price floor for short momentum sits at the 200-day EMA at 1.2580.

GBP/USD hourly chart

GBP/USD daily chart

GBP/USD

Overview
Today last price 1.277
Today Daily Change -0.0038
Today Daily Change % -0.30
Today daily open 1.2808
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1.2667
Daily SMA50 1.2589
Daily SMA100 1.2634
Daily SMA200 1.2543
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1.2809
Previous Daily Low 1.2695
Previous Weekly High 1.2801
Previous Weekly Low 1.2681
Previous Monthly High 1.2801
Previous Monthly Low 1.2446
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1.2765
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1.2738
Daily Pivot Point S1 1.2732
Daily Pivot Point S2 1.2656
Daily Pivot Point S3 1.2618
Daily Pivot Point R1 1.2846
Daily Pivot Point R2 1.2884
Daily Pivot Point R3 1.296

 

 

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