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GBPUSD 1.31938 inside a 12.4 pip Asia range

The next scheduled release is GBP Nationwide HPI y/y at 06:00 UTC, 349 minutes away, impact 2 of 3.

GBPUSD · Asia session · Published Oct 2, 2026, 12:10 AM

GBPUSD last 1.31938 against an Asia session that has covered 12.4 pips between 1.31897 and 1.32020 in 180 minutes. Above the last price sit the round number 1.32000, 6.2 pips up, and the prior week low at 1.32043, 10.5 pips up; below, the prior day low and the previous session low are both 1.31808, 13 pips below.

The previous New York session ran 64.4 pips from a 1.32452 high to a 1.31808 low and closed at 1.31976 over 540 minutes. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.3 pips; the latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which the source calls an unusually wide day for this market.

GBP Nationwide HPI y/y and m/m are scheduled for 06:00 UTC, 349 minutes away, and across 91 past housing_gbp releases GBPUSD moved 4.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 in the first 60. The USD Non-Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate and Average Hourly Earnings m/m land at 12:30 UTC, and across 23 past nfp_usd releases GBPUSD moved 33.70 pips in 15 minutes and 30.50 in 60.

Large speculators are net short 82568 contracts, a change of -23853 on the week and the 10th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Among headlines graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD, investingLive carried a non-farm payrolls preview at 17:53 UTC and FXStreet led with US NFP at 17:04 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, Asia sessionOpen 1.31954, high 1.32020, low 1.31897, close 1.31938: a range of 12.4 pips over 180 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 1.32414, high 1.32452, low 1.31808, close 1.31976: a range of 64.4 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.3 pips. The latest day sits at the 93rd percentile of the last 44 days we hold, which is an unusually wide day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. GBPUSD reaction to housing_gbpOver 91 past releases GBPUSD moved 4.80 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.00 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to nfp_usdOver 23 past releases GBPUSD moved 33.70 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 30.50 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 82568 contracts, a change of -23853 on the week. That is the 10th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Preview: September non-farm payrolls by the numbersinvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  9. Forex Today: US NFP takes centre stageFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. GBP Nationwide HPI y/yScheduled 2026-10-02 06:00 UTC, impact 2 of 3. Forecast 2.1%. Previous 1.6%. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.

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