ICICI Direct, The pound gained marginally by 0.11% on Friday amid weak dollar and strong retail sales data.
June 27, 2022 / 08:26 AM IST
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ICICI Direct’s currency report on GBPINR
The pound gained marginally by 0.11% on Friday amid weak dollar and strong retail sales data. Retail sales in the UK declined 0.5% MoM in May, after a downwardly revised 0.4% increase in April and compared to market expectations of a 0.7% fall. Sales in food stores declined 1.6% due to the impact of rising food prices and the cost of living. Further, pound was supported by uptick in UK government bond yields • The pound is expected to trade with a positive bias today amid weak dollar. GBPUSD is expected to break the hurdle of 1.2324 to continue its upward trend towards the level of 1.2360. GBPINR is likely to trade in the range of 96.00 to 96.50.
Intra-day strategy
| GBPINR June futures contract (NSE) | |
| Buy GBPINR in the range of 96.20 – 96.22 | |
| Target: 96.50 | Stoploss: 96.00 |
| Support: 96.00 – 95.90 | Resistance: 96.50 – 96.60 |
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