0.83578 GBP = 1 EUR 2026-10-29 ECB Reference rate

The European Central Bank's reference rate for October 29, 2026 is set at 0.83578 British pounds per euro, meaning one euro buys roughly 0.836 pounds on that date. The figure is a daily fixing published by the ECB, which the Eurosystem uses as a benchmark for official euro-area statistics, contract settlement, and certain valuation purposes rather than a tradable market price. Movements in this cross rate typically reflect the relative policy outlook of the ECB and the Bank of England, with rate differentials and shifts in inflation expectations driving capital flows between sterling- and euro-denominated assets. Euro-sterling is most sensitive to UK and euro-area gilt and Bund yield spreads, to trade-exposure sentiment across both economies, and to any repricing of relative growth momentum. Traders will watch the next Bank of England and ECB policy decisions and the euro-area and UK flash inflation prints for signals on the rate path that could move the pair away from this reference level.

The Euro (EUR) is the currency of 20 European Union member states. Major EUR movers include ECB Governing Council decisions, Eurozone CPI prints, Bund/BTP spread events, and political risk from France, Germany and Italy.

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