GBP/USD: UK Service PMI

The British Pound strengthened against the Greenback, following the UK Service PMI data release on Wednesday at 08:30 GMT. The GBP/USD currency pair gained 25 pips, or 0.19%, to continue fluctuating in the 1.3209 area.

The Markit released the monthly UK Purchasing Managers’ Index data that came out better-than-expected of 55.1, and also better from the previous period.

A currency analyst at TorFX Laura Parsons stands: “A combination of better-than-forecast UK construction data and worse-than-expected Eurozone retail sales figures kept the GBP/EUR exchange rate steady on Tuesday,”

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