EUR/GBP climbs further, 0.7180 on sight

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - Softer results from the UK labour market have weighed on the sterling, helping EUR/GBP clinch fresh tops near 0.7180 on Wednesday.

EUR/GBP in 4-week peaks

The European cross has managed to test multi-week tops in the upper-0.7100s after the UK Claimant Count Change decreased by 4.9K during July and the jobless rate stayed put at 5.6% on the three months ended in June. However, Average Eearning +Bonus disappointed investors, rising 2.4% vs. 2.8% forecasted and down from 3.2% previous.

Next of relevance in the cross will be EMU’s Industrial Production during June, ahead of tomorrow’s more relevant German CPI figures.

EUR/GBP key levels

At the moment the cross is advancing 0.83% at 0.7150 with the next resistance at 0.7172 (high Aug.12) followed by 0.7202 (high Jul.13) and then 0.7223 (high Jul.10). On the other hand, a breach of 0.7039 (low Aug.11) would aim for 0.7016 (low Aug.7) and finally 0.7003 (low Jul.31).

GBP/USD rejected at 1.5600, tests 1.5550 on UK data

The British pound failed to sustain at higher levels and slipped back in the red versus the US dollar in the European morning, with GBP/USD facing rejection at 1.56 handle. The cable edged lower as the pound was left unimpressed by the lacklustre UK employment report which revealed that jobless rate remained unchanged while wage growth disappointed in June.
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