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Investor confidence returns as Article 50 looms

Name: Investor confidence returns as Article 50 looms
Uploaded: 2017-03-28T21:37:51.971Z
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: The pound lost ground on the eve of the start of the Brexit process

Extremely strong 'soft' data from the US boosted world stock markets, while investors pared back their sterling holdings ahead of the Article 50 announcement. Eurozone banks reached their strongest level since 2015.

March 28, 2017

Credits: Filmed and edited by Donell Newkirk.

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