Historical Year Data · 2016

EUR/GBP in 2016

EUR/GBP opened 2016 at 0.74 and closed at 0.86, a +16.77% move for the year. The high of 0.9 was reached on October 13, and the low of 0.73 on January 6.

Open

0.74

2016-01

0.86

261 data points

High

0.9

Oct 13

Low

0.73

Jan 6

Full Year Change

+16.77%

2015 Change

-4.94%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	0.74	0.76	0.77	0.73	+3.37%
Feb	0.76	0.79	0.79	0.76	+3.67%
Mar	0.78	0.79	0.79	0.77	+1.36%
Apr	0.8	0.78	0.81	0.78	-2.92%
May	0.79	0.77	0.79	0.76	-2.06%
Jun	0.78	0.83	0.83	0.77	+7.39%
Jul	0.84	0.85	0.86	0.83	+0.90%
Aug	0.85	0.85	0.87	0.84	+0.29%
Sep	0.84	0.87	0.87	0.84	+2.58%
Oct	0.87	0.9	0.9	0.87	+3.53%
Nov	0.9	0.85	0.9	0.85	-4.92%
Dec	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.84	+1.67%

Events During 2016

2016 Brexit Vote

Goldilocks

June 23–24, 2016

The UK voted to leave the European Union on June 23, 2016. The pound fell 10% overnight, its largest single-day drop since floating in 1971.

2014-2016 Oil Price Collapse

Deflation

June 2014 – February 2016

Brent crude fell from $115 in June 2014 to $27 in January 2016, a 77% collapse. Shale oversupply and OPEC's refusal to cut production broke the commodity supercycle that had dominated markets since 2003.