12/30/2020 3:42:38 PM GMT | By Joel Frank
GBP is seeing some outperformance versus most of its G10 peers on Wednesday and EUR/GBP is back below 0.9050.
The pair slipped beneath its 21DMA but bounced at its 50DMA.
The legal passage of the Brexit deal, the announcement of tougher Covid-19 restrictions and the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine are all in focus.
EUR/GBP has slid back from previous weekly highs around the 0.9080 level on Wednesday and now trades back below its 21-day moving average (at 0.9058) and the 0.9050 mark, although the pair did bounce at the 50-day moving average which currently sits at 0.9016. At present, the pair trades lower by just over 0.3% or about 30 pips on the day.
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ANI | Updated: Dec 28, 2020 00:37 IST
Amman [Jordan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two positive tests for a new coronavirus strain linked to the UK have been confirmed in Jordan, the country s health minister, Natheer Obeidat, told the Petra news agency on Sunday.
The new strain was identified in a married Jordanian couple who had returned from the United Kingdom on December 19, the health minister told the agency.
At present, the two infected individuals are in an excellent condition, Obeidat was quoted as saying.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the existence of a new coronavirus variant in southeast England on December 14. The new strain is believed to have spread to several countries across Europe and further afield.
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