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• EUR/GBP moves closer to YTD tops, trades around 0.9250/55.
• UK advanced Q2 GDP disappointed estimates today.
• UK’s M.Gove suggested a bank holiday on November 1.

EUR/GBP is now picking up extra upside traction and moves at shouting distance from yesterday’s 2019 highs in the 0.9250/60 band.

EUR/GBP bid after poor GDP figures

The Sterling is not only suffering from the rising uncertainty around Brexitand the clear possibility of a ‘no deal’ outcome, but it is also deriving extra weakness from miserable prints from advanced Q2 GDP figures released today.

In fact, the UK economy is now seen contracting 0.2% QoQ during the April-June period and it is expected to grow at an annualized 1.2%, both prints coming in noticeably below forecasts.

Further poor UK data saw Business Investment expected to contract at a quarterly 0.5% in Q2 and Manufacturing Production contracting at a monthly 0.2% during June. On the brighter side, Industrial Production contracted less than expected (0.1% MoM) and the trade deficit shrunk to £7.01 billion also in June.

On the Brexit front, preparations for a ‘no deal’ scenario stay on the rise, as M.Gove suggested earlier today a bank holiday on November 1 in order to mitigate the potential consequences to the banking system of the ‘hard’ UK-EU divorce.

What to look for around GBP

The outlook on the British Pound looks increasingly fragile pari passu with rising odds for a Brexit ‘no deal’ on October 31. In the meantime, the Irish backstop remains the exclusive obstacle for the resumption of talks between London and Brussels, although the subject appears relegated in light of preparations for the worst-case scenario. Back to the UK economy, poor flash Q2 GDP figures published today added to the already gloomy panorama from UK fundamentals, keeping the sour prospect for the economy and the currency unchanged. At last week’s BoE event, the central bank kept the monetary conditions unchanged, although it refuses to factor in a ‘no deal’ scenario in its projections. The BoE still sees a ‘soft Brexit’ outcome and reiterated that rates are seen increasing gradually in order to bring inflation to the bank’s target.

EUR/GBP key levels

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According to Commerzbank, EUR/USD is consolidating just below resistance at 1.1285 and the 200 day ma at 1.1296 and the consolidation is viewed in a positive light.

Key Quotes

“Key resistance is 1.1360/77, the 2018-2019 down channel and the 55 week ma. A weekly close above this latter level is needed for us to adopt an outright bullish stance. Dips lower are likely to find some support circa 1.1150/06. Key support is the 1.0967 2018-2019 support line and below here lies the 78.6% retracement at 1.0814/78.6% retracement.”

“The market will need to regain the 55 week ma and channel at 1.1360/77 to generate upside interest.”

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LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged lower across the board on Thursday, as risk sentiment stabilized after resilient Chinese trade data and Beijing's efforts to slow a slide in the value of the renminbi encouraged investors to buy riskier currencies.

Data showed Chinese exports rose 3.3% in July from a year earlier, while analysts had looked for a fall of 2%, and policymakers fixed the daily value of the yuan at a firmer level than many had expected, even though it was beyond the 7 per dollar level for the first time since the global financial crisis.

Against a basket of currencies (DXY) the dollar was broadly steady at 97.58, but it weakened 0.1% versus the Australian dollar and the British pound

"The recent comments from Chinese officials suggest they want to stabilize their currency, otherwise a sharp currency drop may fuel capital outflows," said Manuel Oliveri, an FX strategist at Credit Agricole (PA:CAGR) in London.

"The other factor helping risk sentiment is a growing swathe of central bank cuts."

This week, New Zealand joined India and Thailand in cutting interest rates, with market expectations growing that other major central banks will join in further easing monetary policy.

Indeed, market expectations for more than a quarter point rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve in September is still firmly baked into bond markets, despite an overnight bounce in global markets.

Those expectations forced the dollar to weaken also against the euro and the yen.

The yen was a tad firmer at 106.185 per dollar. It touched 105.500 yen overnight, its strongest level since Jan. 3, before pulling back slightly.

"The yen's appreciation versus the dollar may have slowed for now, but it stands to keep gaining in the longer term," said Junichi Ishikawa, senior FX strategist at IG Securities in Tokyo. "Its other peers, notably the antipodean currencies, have weakened severely and this provides overall support to the yen."

The kiwi nudged up 0.1% to $0.6452, following a slide to a 3-1/2 year low of $0.6378 on Wednesday after the rate cut.

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U.S. stock index futures rose in Asia after China’s central bank set its daily fixing stronger than expected, tempering concerns that the nations’ trade war will worsen.

S&P 500 Index futures contracts expiring in September rose 0.2% as of 11:30 a.m. in Tokyo, rebounding from an earlier 0.4% loss after the People’s Bank of China set its daily reference rate at 7.0039 per dollar. Analysts and traders had projected a rate of 7.0156, according to the average of 21 forecasts compiled by Bloomberg in a survey. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded as much as 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.

“If the Chinese government intervenes less and lets the currency find its own level, it’s actually better from a reputational point of view,” Nader NaeImi, AMP Capital’s head of dynamic markets in Sydney, said on Bloomberg Television.

The bounce in Asia came after U.S. equities and benchmark Treasury yields mounted an impressive comeback late Wednesday, reversing sharp drops as investors turned more positive on the outlook for global growth amid central-bank moves to ease monetary policy. The S&P 500 Index eked out a modest gain after tumbling as much as 2%, while yields on 10-year Treasuries edged higher after an earlier plunge.

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Chinese yuan consolidates losses

It’s not often that EUR/USD traders look to the Chinese exchange rate for clues on where the single currency might go next, but such is the case this week as the trade battle between the US and China is dominating the financial markets.

Initially, it was a tweet from the US president about more tariffs that spooked the financial markets. A drop in the yuan below the key 7 level versus the greenback back intensified fears.

The decline in the Chinese currency stirred up speculation that China is fighting back by devaluing the yuan. However, it seems that there is an attempt to contain the drop in the yuan as the exchange rate has fallen into a range.

I think it is important to have a correct assessment of sentiment here. While equities have bounced back and the dollar decline looks like it has stalled out a bit, I don’t think the backdrop has changed in such a manner that warrants a reversal to erase the price action across financial markets in the early week. At least not in the 

Although there was an intraday push above the resistance level, the pair closed below it on an intraday basis. Not only that, a doji candle was posted in the process which signals exhaustion and builds towards the case for a pullback.

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Addressing growth concerns by boosting aggregate demand assumes highest priority at current juncture.

Transmission of policy rate cuts to weighted average lending rates on fresh loans has improved marginally since June.

Impact of monetary policy easing since February expected to support economic activity going forward.

Inflation projected to remain within target over a 12-month ahead horizon.

Aggregate demand, investment activity remain sluggish.

To take measures to enhance credit flow to non-banking finance companies.

The Rupee remains under pressure on a bigger-than-expected rate cut announcement, with USD/INR flirting with multi-month highs near 71.00.

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After a sharp drop early last week, GBP/USD has fallen into a range while the dollar eases lower.

GBP/USD Consolidates Losses

If there was a clear theme in July for the FX markets, it was that the British Pound was weak. Although Sterling has been able to hold the downside a bit over the past few sessions, there is no reason to believe this theme has not carried over into August.

A weaker dollar over the past few sessions has triggered a range in GBP/USD. This is not all that surprising after the sharp earlier fall in the pair. However, while the technical outlook for EUR/USD shows that that the near-term trend has shifted upwards, GBP/USD does not share the same bullish sentiment.

The pair has been weighed by concerns over a no-deal Brexit as the new Prime Minister has not convinced UK citizens that he can pull off an exit with a deal in place. He has vowed to leave the European Union whether a deal is made or not which has caused the markets to reprice Sterling.

For this reason, I don’t expect that GBP/USD is trying to carve out a bottom here. Unless there are some developments that will boost confidence that a deal will be made, I think the natural course for the pair is lower.

Technical Analysis

I think it is important to keep in mind that there is significant support in play here. On the chart below, I have marked it off at 1.2150. However, I think we can extend a bit below the level even as it was around this area that GBP/USD bottomed in late 2016 to early 2017.

Because of the underlying support, and as the dollar as trending lower, I think GBP/USD will try to move to upper bound of the current range. I think it’s possible the pair attempts to break higher from the range. But as mentioned, I don’t think a catalyst is in place for the pair to bottom here.

Resistance has come into play from the 100 moving average on an hourly chart. If the pair pushes through it, I expect it will attempt to trigger stops above Friday’s high of 1.2188.

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Long-term perspective

The steep decline that came after the confirmation of the double resistance etched by the upper line of the descending channel and the 0.7055 with 0.7013 resistance area managed to bring the price under the 0.6858 major support level, pausing at the 0.6800 psychological level.

This movement, besides taking out the previous low that falsely pierced the 0.6858 level, is composed of strong bearish candles — the only one which does not have a long body, although is bearish, is the one on July 29, 2019, the reason being that the bulls were trying to halt the decline around an important psychological level, 0.6800, respectively.

From here, the price could consolidate above 0.6800 and then continue the downwards movement. Another possibility is the one of a throwback. In this case, the price might retrace towards 0.6858. This could end up with the actual confirmation of 0.6858 as a resistance, followed by a new leg down. Another possible scenario is a confirmation as a resistance of the projection of the 0.6831 low. Also to be considered is a false break of 0.6858 — the price might get above it but fail to confirm it as a support, with the consequent fall beneath it and the continuation of the decline.

So, as long as the price does not confirm 0.6858 as support, the movement towards south is natural, being the materialization of the impulsive wave that pertains to the descending trend. A first target is represented by 0.6700, with a possible extension on the first run to 0.6650.

Short-term perspective

The price is in a clear descending movement and, as long as it continues or as long as its change prints a continuation pattern, it is expected to continue.

The first sign of a pause could be offered if the price gets above the 0.6865 level — which corresponds to the 23.6 level of Fibonacci retracement. But even in this case the other projections — preferably up to 50.0, which corresponds to the 0.6935 level — are well suited short-term areas from where the price to continue declining. The first target is represented by the 0.6700 psychological level.