GBP Mid-day Analysis

Weaker UK mortgage market approvals and relative strength in the Euro and Swiss to start this morninghas left the Pound initially off balance. Pushed into the Pound we would be a seller in the near term with a returnbelow 1.60 likely in the coming 3 trading sessions. In order for the Pound to rally straight away from current levelswould produce a technical reversal of a 4 month old down trend and we are not sure we see the fundamentals tojustify that type of action just yet.