21 Aug 2013
GBP/JPY eye's 153.00
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - GBP/JPY is testing the 153.00 handle ahead of tonight’s main event.
GBP/JPY has been a mixed pair while focus turned from GBP to Yen and back to GBP this week. Yields have been in the limelight with global bond prices looking to the Fed minutes this evening. Gareth Berry at UBS FX strategy had said that the US-Japan bond spread continues to widen in favour of USDJPY upside. “We look for more spread widening over the months ahead, as the Fed begins the process of QE3 tapering while the Bank of Japan continues to lean heavily on the JGB curve” Meanwhile, GBP/USD has been eyeing the 1.5700 psychological handle from the start of the week, but with the anticipation of the FOMC minutes coming up tonight, markets have been cautious around the outcome and trading has got off to a slow pace this week so far. The pair has remained in a tight range between 1.5630 and 1.5700. The calendar is very light this morning and afternoon for the pair, but again, the key focus today will clearly be the minutes from the July 30-31 FOMC as the market looks for signals in timing and scale of the Fed’s plans to taper its current QE policy.
GBP/JPY has a positive bias
GBP/JPY is trading with a positive bias yet again with the 20 DMA at 151.00, the 50 DMA at 150.90 and the 200 DMA is 145.90. RSI (9) prints 56.52. Supports are ascending from 149.80, 150.65, 151.20 and151.70. Spot is currently 152.77 while resistances are 153.10 153.60 154.05 154.65.
GBP/JPY has been a mixed pair while focus turned from GBP to Yen and back to GBP this week. Yields have been in the limelight with global bond prices looking to the Fed minutes this evening. Gareth Berry at UBS FX strategy had said that the US-Japan bond spread continues to widen in favour of USDJPY upside. “We look for more spread widening over the months ahead, as the Fed begins the process of QE3 tapering while the Bank of Japan continues to lean heavily on the JGB curve” Meanwhile, GBP/USD has been eyeing the 1.5700 psychological handle from the start of the week, but with the anticipation of the FOMC minutes coming up tonight, markets have been cautious around the outcome and trading has got off to a slow pace this week so far. The pair has remained in a tight range between 1.5630 and 1.5700. The calendar is very light this morning and afternoon for the pair, but again, the key focus today will clearly be the minutes from the July 30-31 FOMC as the market looks for signals in timing and scale of the Fed’s plans to taper its current QE policy.
GBP/JPY has a positive bias
GBP/JPY is trading with a positive bias yet again with the 20 DMA at 151.00, the 50 DMA at 150.90 and the 200 DMA is 145.90. RSI (9) prints 56.52. Supports are ascending from 149.80, 150.65, 151.20 and151.70. Spot is currently 152.77 while resistances are 153.10 153.60 154.05 154.65.