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 1.6435, up 0.38% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6287, today’s low, and resistance at 1.6547, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 54K last month, from 232K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 244K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 169K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.54% to hit 0.8900 and GBP/JPY falling 0.42% to hit 131.88.
GBP/USD was trading at 1.6435, up 0.38% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.6287, today’s low, and resistance at 1.6547, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 54K last month, from 232K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 244K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 169K last month.
Meanwhile, the British Pound was down against the Euro and the Japanese Yen, with EUR/GBP gaining 0.54% to hit 0.8900 and GBP/JPY falling 0.42% to hit 131.88.