Investing.com – Sterling strengthened against the dollar Wednesday after upbeat post-Brexit data.
The pound hit a high of $1.3157. It was up 0.54% at $1.3150 at.5:00 ET.
That helped pushed the dollar index 0.05% lower.
U.K. house prices rose 5.6% in August against a forecast rise of 4.8%.
Market research firm GfK’s consumer confidence index improved to -7 in August from -12 in July.