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GBPUSD at 1.33186, Asia session range 34.6 pips

The next scheduled release is the GBP S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI at 08:30 UTC, 289 minutes away

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 23, 2026, 3:40 AM

The last price is 1.33186, and the Asia session has traded between 1.33174 and 1.33520, a range of 34.6 pips from an open of 1.33444. The prior day low and previous session low sit together at 1.33214, 2.8 pips above the last price, and the round number 1.33000 is 18.6 pips below.

In the New York session GBPUSD ran a 50.2 pip range over 540 minutes, from an open of 1.33606 to a close of 1.33436, with a high of 1.33716 and a low of 1.33214. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 61.5 pips, and the latest day sits at the 62th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which our volatility measure calls an ordinary day for this market.

Three GBP releases land at 08:30 UTC, 289 minutes away: the S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI with a previous of 52.5, the Flash Services PMI with a forecast of 52.0 and the Flash Manufacturing PMI with a forecast of 51.5. Over 93 past pmi_gbp releases GBPUSD moved 7.07 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.48 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 58715 contracts, a change of 121 on the week and the 39th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The headlines graded highest for GBPUSD are Fed's Barkin backing a rate hike and a TD Securities note on the United States September inflation profile, both impact 2 of 3.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.33444, high 1.33520, low 1.33174, close 1.33186: a range of 34.6 pips over 395 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. GBPUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.33606, high 1.33716, low 1.33214, close 1.33436: a range of 50.2 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 61.5 pips. The latest day sits at the 62th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. GBP S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMIScheduled 2026-09-23 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Previous 52.5. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. GBP Flash Services PMIScheduled 2026-09-23 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 52.0. Previous 52.8. From Forex Factory.
  7. GBP Flash Manufacturing PMIScheduled 2026-09-23 08:30 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 51.5. Previous 51.5. From Forex Factory.
  8. GBPUSD reaction to pmi_gbpOver 93 past releases GBPUSD moved 7.07 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 12.48 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  9. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 58715 contracts, a change of 121 on the week. That is the 39th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  10. Fed’s Barkin backs rate hike, stays unsure on more increasesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. United States: September inflation profile – TD SecuritiesFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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