Investing.com - The British Pound was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Nonfarm Payrolls.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.6426, up 0.25% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6355, today’s low, and resistance at 1.6739, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 244K last month, from 221K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 216K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 185K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was up against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.31% to hit 0.8840 and GBP/JPY rising 0.86% to hit 132.38.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.6426, up 0.25% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6355, today’s low, and resistance at 1.6739, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 244K last month, from 221K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 216K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 185K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was up against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP shedding 0.31% to hit 0.8840 and GBP/JPY rising 0.86% to hit 132.38.