Sterling strengthened against most major currencies yesterday, except for the Norwegian krone and Australian dollar.
Economic news was mixed, with the CBI measuring order books at 8 against an expectation of 15, but on the plus side, manufacturers were much more optimistic with CBI Business optimism at -21 against a prediction of -45.
Today, we have CBI Distributive Trades at 11am, but with much more data coming out of the eurozone this week market-moving data could come from any direction.
GBP/EUR past year


