Breaking: Agreement on third Greek bailout

July 13th: Highlights

• European leaders almost reach agreement over third bailout
• Greek bailout follows 17 hours of marathon talks
• GBP/EUR trading over 1.4050
• GBP/USD trading at 1.5575

Sterling Comment

This morning heralded a historic agreement by Eurozone leaders over a third Greek bailout following a mammoth 17 hour negotiation in Brussels. Chairman of the EU Donald Tusk said leaders have agreed ‘in principle’ on terms of the bailout which keeps the nation alive and kicking until 2018. A clearly over the moon PM Tsipras commented that following a ‘tough battle,’ his nation has finalised a growth package of £25bn. It should be stressed that these proposals still need to be approved by the Greek parliament, so it is by no means a sure thing, but this is the closest we’ve had to one in a LONG time!

Sterling strengthened following the news, pushing the Euro down 1 percent to 71.20 pence, a one-week low. GBP/EUR is now trading around 1.4063 with GBP/USD trading at 1.5572.

Greece deal goes to Parliament

It’s not done until it’s done. The Greek parliament will now need to approve the agreed reforms demanded by the Eurozone by Wednesday. It’s looking like the idea of a ‘Grexit’ is now in the past. With a ‘deal in principle’ now in place and the agreement of to Parliament to be signed, Sterling will most certainly be at the whim of Euro fluctuations and investor sentiment.

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Global Comment

Following breaking news of the third Greek bailout, the EUR/USD initially fared better on the news, trading up towards 1.1160. It has now pulled back to 1.1070.

EUR/JPY slid off the back of news by 0.23% to 136.77. The US Dollar jumped to one and a half week highs against the Yen, USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 123.47.

This morning in Asia, official data highlighted an increase in Chinese exports by 2.8% in June, however, imports fell by 6.1% which signals weakened domestic demand. Beijing now may look to loosen policy to prop up the Chinese economy. GBP/AUD is trading at 2.0968

Have a great day!