British pound jumps on media report PM May seals Brexit deals on financial services

Reuters

Published Oct 31, 2018 08:42PM ET

British pound jumps on media report PM May seals Brexit deals on financial services

TOKYO (Reuters) - The British pound jumped as much as 0.5 percent against the dollar on Thursday following a report by the Times of London that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has struck a deal with Brussels on financial services.