EUR: Italian construction drops to record lows

After a week of losing ground to the pound, the euro ended on a slightly higher note against sterling. It was given a slight boost by better-than-expected retail sales on Friday, after a morning of disappointing services and composite PMI data, coming in largely below...


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GBP: Sterling weakens as UK economy suffers

Sterling weakened against both the euro and the dollar on Friday, as PMI data showed that the Services and Manufacturing industries slumped to a record low. The final composite Purchasing Managers’ Index covering the two sectors fell to 36.0 from a preliminary “flash”...


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Pound dips as Boris Johnson admitted to hospital

The pound started this week in the early morning down against the dollar and euro, although it appears to be regaining some ground. Poor economic data, with services and manufacturing PMIs showing record lows, put pressure on sterling last week, while euro in turn has...


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Can sterling maintain its gains?

If anything could be said to have had done well in the past couple of weeks, the pound has. It recovered around 8% by Friday against the euro. Against the US dollar, although the gains from two weeks ago weren’t repeated last week, GBP/USD at least remained...


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Sterling hits three-week high against euro

The pound seems to be ending the week on a positive note, hitting a three-week high against the euro yesterday. The lack of agreement in the eurozone over its response to the coronavirus crisis provided a boost for sterling, as did improved risk sentiment from rising...


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