Economics
Pound Rises as U.K. Suspends Campaigns on EU Vote for Second Day
- BMG delays referendum poll as IMF postpones Brexit reports
- Sterling climbs from a two-month low reached Thursday
U.K. Labour Party Lawmaker Jo Cox Dies After Attack
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The pound climbed as campaigning over whether Britain should leave or stay in the European Union was suspended for a second day and an opinion poll on voter intentions in next week’s referendum was delayed.
Campaigning was stopped after the murder of U.K. lawmaker Jo Cox as she met constituents in her electoral district in West Yorkshire in the north of England.
Sterling gained versus 13 of its 16 major peers as the International Monetary Fund said it was delaying a planned release of reports on the implications of the U.K. leaving the EU, while the polling company BMG said it would delay a referendum survey due to be published on Friday by 24 hours.