020 7898 0500Sterling soared higher across the board as average earnings over the previous quarter rose 2.0%, and the number of individuals claiming unemployment benefits surprisingly fell throughout the previous month. Early strength was supported by better-than-expected labour data, but the major movement throughout the afternoon was driven by a fresh poll suggesting that the vote to remain within the EU had taken a strong lead. Sterling rose on the back of this to the highest level in two weeks against the US dollar, while hitting a two-month high against the euro.
Following a strong performance yesterday, sterling may come under some pressure from profit-taking throughout the morning. Today we have retail sales figures for April with expectations of a significant increase from March and if this proves correct we could see sterling push higher.
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