Japanese Yen (JPY) is strong, up 0.8% against the US Dollar (USD) and outperforming most of the G10 currencies in an environment of broad-based USD weakness, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategist Shaun Osborne notes.
Buy the rumour, sell the news in Oil prices, as the US benchmark WTI appreciates about $2.5 so far today, despite the output hikes announced by OPEC+ members, fresh threats of US tariffs and new trade tensions between the US and China.
Current GBP/USD price movements still appear to be part of a range trading phase, likely between 1.3400 and 1.3600, UOB Group's FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Peter Chia note.