Yearly Archives: 2016

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Euro rallies as dollar weakens

4 February, 2016

Ashley Finill

It was a bright start to the day for the Pound yesterday as the Eurozone posted negative figures for Markit services, Spain were the only country in the Euro to post positive figures but despite that the Pound rallied on gaining around a..

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Quiet day for data sees little movement in markets

3 February, 2016

Matthew Boyle

Yesterday was a fairly quiet day for data – Euro data in the morning was largely a mixed bag with positive releases for both Euro and German unemployment, but a poor result for Eurozone Production.

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Pound gets triple boost

2 February, 2016

Robin Haynes

Sterling was up around a cent against both the Euro and US Dollar in trading yesterday, as three pieces of good news gave the struggling Pound a small but nonetheless welcome boost for those of you sending money abroad.

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2016 downward trends may continue

1 February, 2016

Grace Rae

The last week of January saw the sterling makes some small gains against the Euro and the US Dollar following its weak start to the year due to the central banks of the UK and Europe contradictory announcements on their anticipated interest rate policies.

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Quiet week draws to a close with a busy day

29 January, 2016

Tom Arnold

In relative terms this week has been quite a quiet one on the currency markets with the Pound operating within a very narrow range of only a cent or two against both the Euro and the US Dollar.

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Sterling slide continues

28 January, 2016

Simon Eastman

Yesterday the pound continued its slide across the board, following on from the selling pressure it found itself under from Tuesday, caused by comments from Mark Carney the Bank of England chief. He had suggested..

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Sterling correction provides opportunity

27 January, 2016

Rob Bastin

Tuesday was another quiet day for economic releases, leaving it to the technical’s to drive exchange rate movements. With an absence of UK data the pound was able to continue positively..

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Pound gains short lived

26 January, 2016

Ashley Finill

Yesterday saw a quiet day on the market with no notable data releases that affected the major currency pairings. The Pound is desperately clinging on to the gains it had received from news of the ECB’s potential rate..

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Hint at Euro interest rate cut gives GBP breathing space

25 January, 2016

Matthew Boyle

Last week at its start looked like another catastrophic week for GBP its losses continued. However it was Thursday that saw a turnaround for its fortunes as Mario Draghi announced that there may be further..

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Draghi sends EUR cheaper

22 January, 2016

Robin Haynes

There was some much needed respite for Euro buyers yesterday, as Mario Draghi said at the ECB’s monetary policy press conference that the ECB would “review and possibly reconsider” monetary policy at its next meeting in March. The central bank kept interest rates on hold at..

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