Investing.com - The British Pound was lower against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Nonfarm Payrolls.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.6264, down 0.09% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6073, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.6344, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 192.00K last month, from 63.00K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 36.00K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 180.00K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.19% to hit 0.8598 and GBP/JPY falling 0.30% to hit 133.80.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.6264, down 0.09% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6073, Monday’s low, and resistance at 1.6344, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 192.00K last month, from 63.00K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 36.00K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 180.00K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.19% to hit 0.8598 and GBP/JPY falling 0.30% to hit 133.80.