RTTN:Pound Mixed Ahead Of U.K. Manufacturing PMI Data
(RTTNews) - The U.K. CIPS/Markit manufacturing PMI is due out at 4:30 am ET. The index is forecast to fall to 48.8 in September from 49 in August.
The pound showed mixed trading ahead of the data. While the sterling reversed Asian session's downtrend against the currencies of the U.S. and Japan, it held steady versus the euro and the Swiss franc.
As of 4:24 am ET, the British currency was trading at 119.76 against the yen, 0.8587 against the euro, 1.4164 against the Swiss franc and 1.5574 against the US dollar.
