Sterling climbs as BOE officials are against expanding stimulus

Source: Bloomberg
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The U.K. Pound advanced versus the greenback and the 17-nation currency after the Bank of England released its minutes of most recent meeting. The minutes showed that officials voted against expansion of monetary stimulus progamme. The currency gained 0.6% to $1.5248 as of 2:29 p.m. in London after decreasing to $1.5079 previously.
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