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Cable: Oct30 close $1.3208,........>

STERLING SUMMARY
STERLING SUMMARY: Cable: Oct30 close $1.3208, Oct31 Asia range $1.3193-1.3215,
Europe $1.3198-23
*Euro-stg: Oct30 close stg0.8822, Oct31 Asia range stg0.8804-23, Europe
stg0.8804-14
*Broad dollar sales in early Asia lifted cable to $1.3215, failure to take out
yesterday's NY high prompted a wave of profit taking to hold $1.3203/08
*As the dollar recovered cable moved back under $1.3200, touched pullback lows
of $1.3193 before dip buyers cushioned falls
*Minor dollar sales provided fresh appetite into Europe, cable squeezed through
yesterday's NY high to $1.3221 before fading
*Month-end related euro-stg demand which saw the cross lift to stg0.8821 briefly
took cable back under $1.3200
*Cable later recovered to hold $1.3205/10, euro-stg stg0.8805
*Sterling looks to consolidate ahead of Thursday's BOE rate decision where it
seems highly likely a rate hike is priced in. Traders instead look to eur-stg
for month-end flow.

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