9 Oct 2015
EUR/GBP: Bull grip tightens, trades around 0.74
FXStreet (Mumbai) - The market’s sudden love affair with the EUR pushed the EUR/GBP cross to a session high of 0.7416 head of the NY session.
Trades above weekly 50-MA
The sits comfortably above its weekly 50-MA located at 0.7390, although offers above 0.74 is making life difficult for the EUR bulls. The broad based USD selling, coupled with the oil driven risk-on has favoured EUR more than other majors.
Meanwhile, the rise in the UK trade deficit kept a lid on the gains in the GBP/USD. Consequently, EUR/GBP cross advanced to a high of 0.7416. The spot now trades around 0.7410 levels.
EUR/GBP Technical Levels
The immediate resistance is seen at 0.7443 (Oct 2) high, above which the pair could rise to 0.7483 (May 7 high) and 0.75 levels. On the other side, support is seen at 0.7350 (Oct 2 low), under which the pair could fall to 0.7333 (Oct 7 low); which if taken out could push the pair down to 0.7274 (200-DMA).
Trades above weekly 50-MA
The sits comfortably above its weekly 50-MA located at 0.7390, although offers above 0.74 is making life difficult for the EUR bulls. The broad based USD selling, coupled with the oil driven risk-on has favoured EUR more than other majors.
Meanwhile, the rise in the UK trade deficit kept a lid on the gains in the GBP/USD. Consequently, EUR/GBP cross advanced to a high of 0.7416. The spot now trades around 0.7410 levels.
EUR/GBP Technical Levels
The immediate resistance is seen at 0.7443 (Oct 2) high, above which the pair could rise to 0.7483 (May 7 high) and 0.75 levels. On the other side, support is seen at 0.7350 (Oct 2 low), under which the pair could fall to 0.7333 (Oct 7 low); which if taken out could push the pair down to 0.7274 (200-DMA).