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Pound climbs as Labour wins UK election

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The EURGBP pair is trading with mild losses near 0.8475 in the early European session on Friday.

The Pound Sterling is edging higher as the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer appears to be headed for a huge majority in the 2024 UK election, Reuters reported on Friday.

Later in the day, Eurozone Retail Sales for May will be released.

The opposition Labour has won 337 seats in the parliamentary election, implying it now holds a majority in the 650-seat strong House of Commons.

Derek Halpenny, head of FX research at MUFG Bank, believes that a Labour victory may benefit the GBP. A large majority would give Labour a strong mandate for governing and potentially lead to greater political stability.

Nonetheless, the expectation that the Bank of England will start reducing interest rates from the August meeting might drag the Cable lower.

On the Euro front, data released by Destatis showed that German Industrial Production for May came in weaker than the market expectation.

The figure dropped 2.5% MoM in May from a decline of 0.1% in the previous reading. On an annual basis, the German Industrial Production fell 6.7% YoY in May

The Euro (EUR) posts modest losses in response to the weaker in outputs of the German factories. Traders will take more cues from the Eurozone Retail Sale data, which is projected to improve to 0.1% YoY in May.

(Source: OANDA)