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Sterling rises past $1.42, hits highest vs euro in a year

2021 02 24T091913Z 1 LYNXMPEH1N0HL RTROPTP 4 GLOBAL MONEY - Global Banking | Finance

By Ritvik Carvalho

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling jumped above $1.42 on Wednesday, coming within touching distance of $1.43, while also reaching a year’s high against the euro as analysts retained their bullish views on the currency.

The pound is the best-performing G10 currency this year, up nearly 4% against the dollar and 3.2% against the euro as investors bet Britain’s rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout will lead to a quicker economic rebound.

Analaysts also point to relief over avoiding a “no-deal” Brexit with the European Union at the end of last year as benefiting the pound, with the market looking through short-term headwinds and disruption. (Graphic: Reflation trade’s big FX winner: GBP, https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/mkt/ygdpzejmjvw/Pasted%20image%201614157016847.png)

In Asian trading hours, sterling rose to $1.4295 against the dollar, its highest since April 2020. It climbed to its highest against the euro in a year, touching 85.40 pence.

In London trade, sterling was 0.5% higher on the day at $1.4175 and 0.3% higher to the euro at 85.82 pence by 0900 GMT.

“Seemingly GBP is benefiting from a positive vaccine rollout and short-term Brexit adjustment problems disappearing, which also from a relative rates perspective is supporting GBP,” said Lars Sparresø Merklin, senior analyst at Danske Bank.

“That said, momentum seems stretched and EUR/GBP seems oversold based on our short-term models, and hence we may see short EUR/GBP take a breather from here.”

Also supporting sterling has been a pushing back of market expectations of negative rates by the Bank of England. BoE Governor Andrew Bail is due to testify before the UK parliament’s Treasury Committee today, a day after his U.S. counterpart, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee.

“Bailey … will face a similar challenge to that faced by Powell yesterday: delivering a cautious and dovish message despite clearly encouraging recovery prospects,” strategists at ING said in a note to clients.

“Any reference to negative rates will, as usual, have a magnified market impact, but markets have now moved away from the negative interest rate policy narrative in the UK and some generic reference to openness to more monetary stimulus should fall short of revamping these expectations. Any setback in the GBP rally –- still fuelled by solid vaccination progress — should be short-lived.”

(Reporting by Ritvik Carvalho; editing by Larry King)

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