Sterling climbs following positive construction report

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The Pound inched up versus the U.S. Dollar as Britain's construction report was released, indicating the strongest construction production improvement since June 2010. The Sterling advanced 0.31% to $1.5165 versus the greenback and rose 0.213 to £0.8717 versus the common currency, and added 0.45% to 151.148 versus the Yen. 
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