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05/06/2017 – This Morning’s Exchange Rates

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• June 5, 2017
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Sterling recovered ground today after falling half a cent against the dollar in early Asian deals as traders reacted to another militant attack over the weekend in London ahead of Britain’s national election this week.

Saturday’s attack – the third in England in three months.

Sterling has wobbled over the past two weeks, with investors’ confidence that Prime Minister Theresa May would secure a landslide majority shaken by opinion polls predicting a wide range of outcomes for the June 8 snap election.

Polls have results ranging from a slim majority for May’s Conservative Party to a hung parliament – worrying investors who had bet a landslide win for May would translate into a stronger bargaining position in Britain’s exit talks with the European Union, which begin on June 19.

Besides awaiting further polls, investors were watching for a reading on the UK’s outsized services sector, with the Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index A Reuters of economists predicts a reading of 55 for the index for May versus April’s 55.8. However, the reading came in at 53.8 much lower than expected.

 

GBP/EUR 1.1429

GBP/USD 1.2872  

GBP/AED 4.7345
GBP/AUD 1.7210 

GBP/CAD 1.7334 

GBP/CHF 1.2402

GBP/NZD 1.8027  

EUR/USD 1.1254  

GBP/ZAR 16.248