Investing.com - The British Pound was lower against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.K. data on Retail Sales.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5460, down 0.19% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5283, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.5501, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.K. rose to a seasonally adjusted 0.6% last month, from -0.4% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise 0.6% last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was up against the Euro and down against the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.29% to hit 0.8350 and GBP/JPY falling 0.05% to hit 119.37.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5460, down 0.19% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5283, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.5501, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.K. rose to a seasonally adjusted 0.6% last month, from -0.4% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise 0.6% last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was up against the Euro and down against the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.29% to hit 0.8350 and GBP/JPY falling 0.05% to hit 119.37.