Investing.com - The British Pound was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Wednesday after the release of U.K. data on Claimant Count Change.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5782, up 0.01% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5707, today’s low, and resistance at 1.5991, Friday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that the U.K. claimant count change rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 20.3K last month from 33.7K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 37.1K.
Analysts had expected U.K. claimant count change to rise 35.0K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.61% to hit 0.8721 and GBP/JPY falling 0.37% to hit 120.98.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.5782, up 0.01% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.5707, today’s low, and resistance at 1.5991, Friday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that the U.K. claimant count change rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 20.3K last month from 33.7K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 37.1K.
Analysts had expected U.K. claimant count change to rise 35.0K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.61% to hit 0.8721 and GBP/JPY falling 0.37% to hit 120.98.