While narrow British polls showed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s conservative party was in the lead, the pound slipped slightly ahead of this weeks election. The pound last traded 0.1% lower to $1.3140, having slipped as low as $1.3107, after hitting an eight month high of $1.3215 earlier in the week. Against the euro, sterling fell from the two year high of 0.8394 it reached on Tuesday to 0.8449, and fell from a seven month high against the yen to 143.39. The dollar index was just above a one month low at 97.496. With investors awaiting tariffs on Chinese goods to take effect later this month, the dollar slipped to 108.74 yen having gained 0.15% the previous session. The euro was steady at $1.1094, having gained 0.23% the previous session, and the kiwi shed 0.3% to $0.6526.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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