US ($) Currency Thread 2

inspector_monkfish

1.6580 trading

inspector_monkfish

flying now at 1.6690

HGLTsuperstar

Woo hoo - going on Friday, keep it up.

sabretoothtigger

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Sterling Index At 0800 GMT
(JAN 2005=100) INDEX GBP/USD EUR/GBP
PREVIOUS CLOSE 81.8 1.6796 0.8836
OPEN 81.6 1.6798 0.8864

Sterling Index At 1400 GMT
(JAN 2005=100) INDEX GBP/USD EUR/GBP
PREVIOUS CLOSE 80.1 1.6627 0.9078
OPEN 79.9 1.6585 0.9097
10 AM 80.2 1.6657 0.9065
NOON 80.4 1.6682 0.9044
2 PM 80.4 1.6665 0.9047
4 PM

inspector_monkfish

1.6620 trading

inspector_monkfish

1.6495 trading

took a right thumping after strong NFP figs from US.

inspector_monkfish

1.6410 trading

neilbond007

Blimey. I've moved a little of the tumbleweed out the way to get to this post
Not a good day for the £. Trading at $1.63

inspector_monkfish

touched 1.6167 this morning
currently back up to 1.6340


09:40 09Dec09-STERLING TURNS HIGHER VS DOLLAR <GBP=D4>, RISES ABOVE $1.6300, UP 0.1 PCT ON DAY

LONDON, Dec 9 - Sterling turned higher against the dollar on Wednesday, with traders citing broad dollar selling and covering of short sterling positions after an earlier fall to a near eight-week low below $1.62.

Sterling rose above $1.6300 to a day high of $1.6314. By 0944 GMT it was up 0.1 percent at $1.6303. It earlier hit a low of $1.6167, its weakest since mid-October.

Sterling has come under broad pressure on concerns about the UK's shaky fiscal position ahead of finance minister Alistair Darling's pre-budget report presentation at 1230 GMT.

Sterling ignored weaker-than-expected UK trade data. Britain's goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widened unexpectedly in October to its biggest since January as imports rose more than exports despite the weakness of the pound, data showed.

inspector_monkfish

.........and all the way back down to 1.6200