GBP/USD: Downward momentum is slowing – UOB Group

The Pound Sterling (GBP) is expected to trade in a sideways range of 1.2940/1.2995. In the longer run, downward momentum is slowing; should GBP break above 1.3000, it would indicate that GBP is not declining further, UOB Group’s FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note.

GBP has a chance of breaking above 1.3000

24-HOUR VIEW: “We expected GBP to trade sideways between 1.2930 and 1.2990 yesterday. It subsequently traded in a higher range of 1.2942/1.3001, closing largely unchanged at 1.2972. The price action still appears to be part of a sideways trading phase. Today, we expect GBP to trade in a 1.2940/1.2995 range.”