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FX round-up: Sterling a ballot-box victim for second time in 12 months
The polls suggested a hung parliament was a real possibility and PM Theresa May's snap election made it a reality. The ballot box victim -- for a second time in a little less than 12 months -- was sterling, as widely expected.
London close: Blue chips higher after sterling flops on hung parliament
Blue-chip stocks campaigned to a higher close on Friday after PM Theresa May's Tories ended up with a humiliating hung parliament in their snap general election, causing sterling to flop on the dollar and euro.
Record number of female, BME and LGBTQ MPs elected to Commons
Thursday's UK general election saw a record number of black and minority ethnic candidates elected as members of parliament, with 10 new BME politicians being elected to the House of Commons.
Bookies odds-on for another general election in 2017
UK betting shops are already offering strong odds the country will hold another election before the end of the year, just hours after PM Theresa May's snap ballot produced a chaotic hung parliament.
Commodities: Copper storms ahead on China demand, supply disruptions
Copper stormed into the limelight on UK election Friday with both the spot and three-month prices for the industrial favourite bursting higher amid rising demand out of China and wider supply disruptions.