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The pound could reach $1.35 if the Conservatives win the December 12 general election and a Brexit pact is ratified by Parliament, according to a strategy note from UBS.
The UBS chief investment office did say it will be tough for sterling to move past $1.35 as the next phase of negotiations ensues.
“These talks will probably be nearly as drawn-out and fractious as their predecessors, and the prospect of the U.K. reverting to a World Trade Organization trade relationship with the EU will loom large once again, with the next critical deadline possibly arriving by July. By then, the U.K. would have to decide whether to extend the transition period beyond December 2020,” it said.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.1602% again was higher on Thursday, rising to $1.3133 from $1.3105. The strength in sterling, which is up 6.5% over the last 3 months, weighed on the FTSE 100 UKX, -0.16%, since multinationals generate the bulk of their revenue outside of Britain. The FTSE 100 fell 0.22% to 7172.36.
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Elsewhere, M&G shares MNG, -4.00% dropped for a second day, losing 4%, after the fund manager on Wednesday suspended redemptions from its flagship property fund
