LONDON MARKETS: British Pound Climbs While FTSE 100 Registers Moderate Gains After Brexit Deal
17 Ottobre 2019 - 1:38PM
Dow Jones News
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
U.K. parliament vote due Saturday
The British pound surged on Thursday while U.K equities
registered moderate gains in the wake of an agreed deal between
negotiators for Britain to leave the European Union.
Details were still emerging as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson
and other European leaders announced the pact. The pound rose as
high as $1.2987 before retreating to the high $1.28 level.
The pact still needs the approval of the U.K. Parliament, where
the Northern Irish DUP still has not agreed to backing the deal. A
vote in Parliament is scheduled for Saturday, Johnson said.
Gains for U.K.-listed stocks were more tempered, perhaps
reflecting the short covering that already happened last week.
U.K. banks Barclays (BARC.LN) , the Royal Bank of Scotland
(RBS.LN) and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.LN) each rose, but
registered gains of less than 2%.
The FTSE 100 gained 0.61% to 7212.01
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 17, 2019 07:23 ET (11:23 GMT)
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