The pound dipped slightly but remained up for the day on Thursday as the U.K. and EU finally struck a Brexit trade deal.
After months of protracted negotiations and several missed deadlines negotiators on both sides reached agreement on Thursday afternoon.
Sterling GBPUSD, 0.07%, which had rallied in early trading to hit $1.36, fell slightly to $1.3525 shortly after the deal was struck. Read more…..
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