Pound drops as manufacturing shrinks

Source: Bloomberg
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The Pound declined to the lowest point in almost 4 months as data showed that U.K. manufacturing shrank in May, falling short of expectations. The Sterling dropped against its major peers. The data showed that factory output decreased 0.8%, while experts predicted a 0.4% rise. The currency dropped 0.4% to 86.44 pence per Euro and to 1.4892 per U.S. Dollar.
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