Markets seek protection amid uncertainty over UK polls result
London
THE cost of protection against overnight swings in the British pound jumped to its highest in five years on Thursday as Britons headed to vote in the most unpredictable general election for decades.
And while a rise in currency and stock market option volatility indices reflected some of the uncertainty stemming from a political stalemate, spot sterling, Britain's top share index and gilt markets broadly tracked international trends.
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