Pada sesi perdagangan hari ini (09.02) GBP/USD terpantau sedikit mengalami penguatan, saat ini dipergangakan diharga 1.5594. Pagi ini telah dirilis data ekonomi Inggris British Retail Consortium, mengenai penjualan eceran yang  menunjukkan terjadi penurunan. Sementara itu agen real estate menyatakan, karena musim dingin telah tiba mengakibatkan permintaan rumah tangga dan belanja  masyarakat

Dalam menyikapai permasalahan mengenai utang beberapa negara di zona Eropa, para investor pesimis. Meskipun para mentri keuangan Eropa telah menyatakan pada akhir pekan lalu bahwasanya krisis ini akan terkendali. Beberapa negara  yang tergabung di zona mata uang Eropa saat ini menghadapi ujian terberat setelah munculnya kekhawatiran tentang utang publik dan defisit Yunani yang besar, dan menjalar ke negara Eropa lainnya.Kekhwatiran makin memuncak manakala menyusul nilai tukar euro terhadap dolar mencatat angka terendah dalam sembilan bulan terakhir.

  * Euro steadies, but sentiment remains negative 
  * Investors sceptical of G7 assurance on Greece 
  * IMM data shows speculators increase bets on euro losses 

The euro steadied against the dollar on Monday as a slight recovery in investors' appetite for risk offset worries about the fiscal health of some euro zone countries. 
  The euro, however, stayed near an 8-1/2 month low versus the greenback and analysts said sentiment toward the single currency remained broadly negative as traders worried about debt troubles in Greece, Portugal and Spain. 
  Investors were disappointed the weekend Group of Seven meeting did not lead to concrete action to tackle the sovereign debt problems of these countries. 
  European ministers told their counterparts at the meeting they would ensure Greece sticks to its budget-cutting plan, but analysts said more was needed to restore confidence the problems would not upset the global economic recovery. 
  "Risk trends are likely to drive price action in the currency market going into the North American session as the economic docket is fairly light for today," said David Song, currency analyst at DailyFX.com in New York. 
  "Over the next few days, we will have to see how policy makers in Europe plan to deal with the issues that are coming from Greece, Portugal and Spain," he added.