22-02-2016 14:11 via news.yahoo.com

Sterling jarred as EU exit campaign intensifies, but FTSE gains

By Patrick Graham LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling headed towards its biggest loss in almost six years against the dollar on Monday as traders homed in on narrowing bookmaker odds on a British exit from the European Union, but the weaker pound lifted UK blue chip stocks. London's stock markets, however, were up more than 1 percent. "The out camp were struggling to get a figurehead who was popular and Boris has given them that boost," said Alvin Tan, a strategist with French bank Societe Generale in L
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