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25/04/2017 – This Morning’s Currency Rates

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• April 25, 2017
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Please find this mornings rates at the bottom of this article. The rates are for indication purposes please call for a live quote.

Sterling dipped against the euro again today, kept under pressure by the single currency’s renewed strength as relieved investors turned optimistic on Europe after the first round of the French presidential election.

On Monday the pound had its worst day versus the euro since early January, falling 1.4 percent after a run-off vote between two strongly anti-EU candidates was averted in the election. Expectations that centrist Emmanuel Macron will easily beat far-rightist Marine Le Pen in the second round on May 7 have fuelled a relief rally in the EU’s shared currency.

Sterling had rallied almost 2 percent last week to hit four-month highs versus the euro after British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election. Investors expect her Conservatives to win by a landslide, giving her a clear domestic mandate as Britain heads into exit negotiations with the European Union.

This week, investors will look for UK economic output data out on Friday, while eyes will also be on an EU summit on Saturday at which draft negotiating guidelines for Brexit will be finalised.

GBP/EUR 1.1754
GBP/USD 1.2802
GBP/AED 4.7080
GBP/AUD 1.7003
GBP/CAD 1.7368
GBP/CHF 1.2735
GBP/NZD 1.8401
EUR/USD 1.0882
GBP/ZAR 16.703