FX Centre

The Currencies page gives you real time currency rates across the market, charting, historical rates and a currency converter.

The Currencies Centre allows you to pull together information from various international markets with the click of a button. You can see up to the minute FX rates across the market, or dig deeper to see historical charts, prices and trends. Click on any currency to see its rates, charts and news.

GBP:USD
GBP:USD
GBP:EUR
GBP:EUR
GBP:JPY
GBP:JPY
GBP:CHF
GBP:CHF
GBP:CAD
GBP:CAD
  • US retail sales rise 0.5pc in April amid clim...

    Thursday 14 May 2026

    (Sharecast News) - US retail sales rose 0.5% month‑on‑month in April, according to the Census Bureau, matching expectations but easing from a downwardly revised 1.6% increase in March. Sales jumped 2.8% at gasoline st ... Read More

  • BoJ board member calls for immediate rate hike

    Thursday 14 May 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Bank of Japan board member Kazuyuki Masu has called for an interest-rate hike to get ahead of an impending surge in inflationary pressures, so long as the economy remains resilient. In a speech on Thursday, Mas ... Read More

  • US initial jobless claims ahead of expectatio...

    Thursday 14 May 2026

    (Sharecast News) - Americans lined up for unemployment benefits at an accelerated pace in the week ended 9 May, according to the Labor Department, with initial claims jumping by 12,000 to 211,000 - above market expectations of 20 ... Read More

  • US clears sales of Nvidia H200 chips to some ...

    Thursday 14 May 2026

    (Sharecast News) - The US has cleared about 10 Chinese companies to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, it was reported on Thursday, but no deliveries had yet been made as the deal remained caught between Washington' ... Read More

Current Rates

Currency Mid RateBid RateAsk RateTourist Rate
GBP:USD 1.3507 1.3504 1.3510 1.212700
GBP:EUR 1.1548 1.1543 1.1553 1.110000
GBP:JPY 213.39 213.38 213.39 126.296097
GBP:CHF 1.0566 1.0561 1.0571 1.161400
GBP:CAD 1.8537 1.8527 1.8547 1.690300

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GBP:USD Historical Rates

Date Mid Rate Bid Rate Ask Rate
13-May-2026 1.3523 1.3521 1.3526
12-May-2026 1.3541 1.3538 1.3543
11-May-2026 1.3611 1.3608 1.3613
08-May-2026 1.3636 1.3633 1.3638
07-May-2026 1.3555 1.3552 1.3557

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