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The pound peeled off around a third of a U.S. cent to $1.3290 GBP=D3 as news broke British Brexit Secretary David Davis and Brexit Minister Steven Baker had resigned.
E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 followed with a loss of 0.5 percent and European bourses were seen opening down.
Japan’s Nikkei led with an increase of 1.3 percent, while Chinese blue chips added 0.7 percent.
Most Asian share markets followed S&P 500 futures lower on Thursday as speculation of faster hikes in U.S interest rates soured risk appetite globally.
Australian stocks were nearly flat and South Korea’s KOSPI gained 0.55 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.2 percent.
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