Investing.com - The British Pound was lower against the U.S. Dollar on Thursday after the release of U.S. data on Initial Jobless Claims.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5356, down 0.93% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5329, today’s low, and resistance at 1.5756, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 423K last week from 432K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 428K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.17% to hit 0.8772 and GBP/JPY falling 1.16% to hit 117.14.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5356, down 0.93% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5329, today’s low, and resistance at 1.5756, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 423K last week from 432K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 428K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.17% to hit 0.8772 and GBP/JPY falling 1.16% to hit 117.14.