💡Sterling strengthened after UK September services PMI was revised to 49.3 from the preliminary forecast of 47.2 - a forecast that may have influenced one or more of the Bank of England's five monetary policy committee members who voted to keep rates on hold last month member.
💡After the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged in September, IMM speculators entered a net short position in the pound for the first time. As of the week of October 17, the net short position in the pound rose to 11,209 contracts.