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GBPUSD at 1.31973, New York range 41.4 pips

The ISM Services PMI is due at 14:00 UTC, 9 minutes away, with a forecast of 55.1

GBPUSD · New York session · Published Oct 5, 2026, 1:50 PM

GBPUSD last traded at 1.31973, near the bottom of the New York session range of 41.4 pips between 1.31900 and 1.32314. The nearest level above is the round number at 1.32000, 2.7 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior day low at 1.31816, 15.7 pips away.

The London session closed at 1.32272 after a range of 30.2 pips between 1.32090 and 1.32392. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.6 pips, and the latest day sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market.

The ISM Services PMI is scheduled for 14:00 UTC, 9 minutes away, with a forecast of 55.1 and a previous of 55.4. Over 97 past releases of this family, GBPUSD moved 9.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.80 in the first 60, in either direction.

Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week, the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The loudest headline for GBPUSD is graded impact 2 of 3, published at 12:30 UTC.

Session brief

  1. GBPUSD, New York sessionOpen 1.32272, high 1.32314, low 1.31900, close 1.31973: a range of 41.4 pips over 110 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, London sessionOpen 1.32191, high 1.32392, low 1.32090, close 1.32272: a range of 30.2 pips over 300 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. GBPUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 71.6 pips. The latest day sits at the 83rd percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD ISM Services PMIScheduled 2026-10-05 14:00 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 55.1. Previous 55.4. From Forex Factory.
  6. GBPUSD reaction to pmi_usdOver 97 past releases GBPUSD moved 9.30 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 15.80 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 096742Large speculators are net short 91075 contracts, a change of -8507 on the week. That is the 6th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  8. Oil: Crude forecasts signal inflation surprises ahead - Societe GeneraleFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for GBPUSD by our headline classifier.

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