Sterling hit a 2.5-year high against the euro yesterday and is still strong this morning, buoyed by positivity from recent polls that a Conservative majority is likely, meaning that the uncertainty of a hung parliament could be avoided.
Today, the markets will be looking forward to eurozone GDP data later this morning, after a mixed bag of service data yesterday.
An unexpected slowdown in job data in the US saw the dollar weaken yesterday, and manufacturing also fell month-on-month.
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