Thursday, May 3, 2007

Sterling Mixed Against Major Counterparts, Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:08:28 PM

The British pound saw mixed results on Thursday morning in New York. The sterling reached a three-week low against the greenback, but bounced away from a weekly low against the euro. Trading with the yen was choppy. Trading took place amid the release of PMI Services data in the U.K., which showed a rise to 57.2, lower than forecasted.

The sterling fell to its lowest level in nearly three weeks against the dollar on Thursday morning. The pound gained throughout the early morning, climbing toward the $2 level. However, with the release of economic data from the US during the morning, the sterling fell. After the 8:30 a.m. release of stronger-than-expected jobs data in the U.S., the pound began to sharply fall. It reached as high as 1.9875 at 10:15 a.m.

The pound gained after reaching support against the euro. The sterling was at a weekly low of 0.6836 at 3 a.m. but trended up for the rest of the morning. It got to 0.6820 by 11:15 a.m.

The sterling and yen were choppy on Thursday morning and were close to their overnight level at around noon ET. The pound got as high as 239.54 at 4:15 a.m. and as low as 238.99 at 10:45 a.m. The Japanese market was closed on Thursday.
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