Cable nears key support as pound among the laggards on the day 0 (0)

GBP/USD down 0.4% to below 1.3800 on the day
The only thing I can really point towards is a technical move with GBP/USD keeping lower after failing to breach its 200-hour moving average at around 1.3867 yesterday, and also with GBP/JPY breaking below the 3 August support at 151.17.

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Japan extends state of emergency measures until 12 September, seven more prefectures included 0 (0)

As confirmed by Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga
The existing measures cover Tokyo and five other prefectures (Osaka, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Okinawa) with an expansion to seven other prefectures that were previously under a quasi-state of emergency – that being Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka.

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