
Sterling is up 0.21% against the dollar at $1.3095 after Prime Minister Theresa May won backing from MPs to renegotiate the UK's Brexit withdrawal agreement with Brussels.
It also ticked higher on the euro, up 0.13% at €1.1445.
Sterling is up 0.21% against the dollar at $1.3095 after Prime Minister Theresa May won backing from MPs to renegotiate the UK's Brexit withdrawal agreement with Brussels.
It also ticked higher on the euro, up 0.13% at €1.1445.
Sterling has lost momentum against the dollar after trading over $1.31 earlier this morning.
It is now up 0.11% against the greenback at $1.3080.
The pound has fallen 0.22% against the euro at €1.1532.
It has been a good week for sterling which is up around 1.8% since Monday, bolstered by speculation that the UK may avoid a no-deal Brexit.
Overnight trading sent the pound up 0.53% against the dollar to $1.3133.
Sterling is 0.35% higher against the euro at €1.1598.
Sterling is down 0.36% against the dollar at $1.3022.
It follows a sharp rise in the pound on Wednesday following reports that the prospect of a no-deal Brexit was subsiding.
Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell, said: "I think again it's a lot of hot air right now without much progress."
The pound is down 0.10% on the euro at €1.1473.
The FTSE 100 has opened 0.36% lower at 6,838.25.
The FTSE 250 is 0.34% lower at 18,424.09.
Meanwhile, the pound is down against the dollar so for this morning - off 0.18% at $1.2858.
It is marginally off against the euro at €1.1295.
The pound is rising against the dollar, up 0.2% at $1.2882, as the London markets open.
Against the euro the pound is up around the same amount at €1.1299 - its highest level against the single currency since November.
The euro has slipped against the dollar after that data showing the weakest growth in Germany for five years.
It is trading at around $1.1458.
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US jewellery firm Stella & Dot is exiting the European market after being hit by declines in the value of the pound and euro. Set up in 2003, Stella & Dot staff buy their own stock, and try to sell it on through their social networks. The firm focuses its recruitment on mothers looking for flexible work, with taglines such as “be your own boss” and “join a community of strong and supportive women”. Mhari Oakes from Cheshire in the UK has been with Stella & Dot for seven years and explained the perks of so-called social selling. (Image: Stella & Dot product at a trunk show. Credit: Getty Images)
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