See which currencies are the top gainers amid today's bullish sentiment

The markets are set to close higher to end today's trading session; GBP/NZD rose 1.03% and leads the pack of top currencies

Markets are up as GBP/USD up to 1.2067, gaining 1.04%. EUR/USD goes up 0.53%, trading at 1.0608.

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as highly important Pending Home Sales data from United States beat analyst expectations of 1% with a reading of 8.1%.

Here are the biggest currencies gainers so far today.

+0.8%: Pound-Yen currency pair adds 130 pips or 0.8%

Today's session so far looks to be heading in the same direction — tentatively higher from an earlier low of 162.58, GBP/JPY is up to 164.3 today, adding 130 pips, or 0.8%, to Friday's closing price of 163.

Sterling-Canadian dollar | +0.75%; session high: 1.6381 session low: 1.6233

As things stand, Sterling-Canadian dollar is 10.85% away from a significant low of 1.4665 first set 5 months ago.

GBP/NZD | +1.03%; session high: 1.9572 session low: 1.9341

While Friday ended at 1.9369, today, GBP/NZD rallied above 1.9572 for the first time in 3 months and gained 200 pips — now trading at 1.9569. GBP/NZD has gained 3.55% since its lowest print of 1.88 earlier this year.