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Forex traders might be interested to note the pound was down at $1.5436 - its lowest rate against the US currency so far this year, Reuters reports.
This came after the greenback increased due to expectations of positive results for US jobs data, following a strong private sector jobs announcement.
There was plenty of talk about non-farm payrolls in December, with many economists expecting an increase by 175,000.
Michael Hewson, analyst at CMC Markets, said: "Some numbers in excess of 200,000 have been bandied about and in the event this does happen, then we can expect the US dollar to push higher against the major currency pairs."
This comes after sterling moved down against the euro yesterday morning as the single currency was up by 0.3 per cent, while the pound also decreased by around half a cent versus the US currency.
Posted by Greg Secker
