Sterling choppy amid uncertainty over Brexit talks and Covid lockdowns - business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as EU leaders say Brexit talks will continue next week 2.01pm BST It’s easy to see why sterling is struggling to settle this afternoon, given that the UK’s ‘no-deal is looming’ statement is being interpreted as a sign of concession by others. The latest comments from EU leaders comes from Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. Reuters reports Rutte saying that he interprets Boris Johnson’s comments as a sign that