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Pound rises on hopes of Ukraine truce

BusinessPound rises on hopes of Ukraine truce

The pound and the euro climbed as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron proposed a month-long truce in Ukraine, based on the French president.

Sterling was up 0.1pc towards the greenback to only beneath $1.26 whereas the only foreign money climbed 0.3pc towards the greenback to $1.04.

It comes after Emmanuel Macron stated France and Britain are to suggest a one-month truce in Ukraine “within the air, at sea”.

European troopers would solely be deployed on the bottom within the second part of a possible peace deal, the French president instructed Le Figaro.

The Prime Minister chaired a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday following the meltdown within the Oval Workplace between Donald Trump, vice chairman JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

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