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Sterling falls after BoE, FTSE 100 jumps to record

Published 09/05/2024, 12:37
© Reuters. A bank employee counts pound notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand October 12, 2010.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/File Photo
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LONDON (Reuters) - The pound and gilt yields fell on Thursday, while Britain's blue-chip stock index hit a record after the Bank of England took another step towards lowering interest rates, as a second official backed a rate cut.

Sterling fell as much as 0.4% against the dollar to $1.2447, a two-week low. The pound was at 86.18 pence per euro, down 0.2%.

Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 stock index hit a new intraday record, rising 0.4% to 8387.82 points.

© Reuters. A bank employee counts pound notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand October 12, 2010.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/File Photo

Gilt prices rose, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt to 4.138%, little changed on the day. Bond yields move inversely with prices.

The BoE said on Thursday its Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep rates at a 16-year high of 5.25% after Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden joined Swati Dhingra in voting for a cut to 5%.

 

 

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