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Financial markets echo Brexit optimism
By EUobserver
The value of the British pound rose by one percent against the dollar and the euro on Tuesday on news that a Brexit deal may be imminent, the Reuters news agency reports. British stocks gained 1.6 percent and the value of British bonds also increased. German and French stocks climbed by a similar amount in Berlin and Paris exchanges and German bonds reached a new two-and-a-half month high.