Sterling climbs for sixth consecutive session against dollar

Economies.com
2018-04-13 15:25PM UTC

Sterling rose in American trade to January 25 highs against the dollar, following earlier data from the US, and amid a lack thereof from Britain. 

 

As of 03:21 GMT, GBP/USD rose 0.15% to 1.4250 from the opening of 1.4228, with an intraday low at 1.4221, and a three-month high at 1.4297. 

 

University of Michigan released its preliminary consumer sentiment survey, showing a drop to 97.8 in April from 101.4 in March, missing expectations of 100.6. 

 

US JOLTS job openings fell to 6.05 million in February from 6.23 million in January, also missing forecasts of 6.11 million. 

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