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Sterling scaled an 11-week high on Friday after The Sun reported that Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party has privately decided to offer conditional backing for Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal next week.
The pound has climbed about 1.8 percent this week, moving above the key psychological level of $1.30 to the dollar on hopes the United Kingdom might avoid a no-deal Brexit on March 29.
The Sun report pushed the pound 0.4 percent higher to $1.3114, its highest since Nov. 8, in Asian trade.
Against the euro, sterling gained 0.25 percent to 0.8631. It advanced 0.35 percent versus the Australian dollar to 1.8478.
"If this report is true, I expect sterling to rally to 1.32 versus the dollar. A technical breakout to 1.38 is also a possibility," said Michael McCarthy, chief markets strategist at CMC Markets in Melbourne.
The euro gained 0.1 percent to $1.1321, although longer term prospects look bleak for the single currency. On Thursday, the European Central Bank provided the latest warning about Europe's dimming outlook, forecasting weaker-than-expected growth in the near term.
Analysts expect the euro to underperform peers in the near term as monetary policy is expected to remain accommodative in the euro area this year.
Global growth concerns have kept broader risk appetites in check in currency markets over the past few weeks. Earlier in the week, China reported its weakest growth in three decades, and the International Monetary Fund downgraded its forecasts for the global economy for this year and next.
Market participants have also been increasingly concerned over the US-Sino trade tensions. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday that the United States and China are "miles and miles" from resolving trade issues. Trade tensions between the world's two largest economies have kept a lid on investor risk appetites in the new year, as happened for long periods in 2018.
The dollar index, a gauge of its value versus six major peers, fell 0.19 percent to 96.41.
The dollar is facing a tough year ahead as growth at home and globally comes under pressure and the Federal Reserve moves closer to pressing the pause button on its steady rate-hike cycle.
Interest rate futures are pricing the Fed to stand pat on rates through 2019, a turnaround from the four hikes delivered by the central bank last year in a major boost to the dollar.
Against the yen, the dollar gained 0.16 percent to 109.8 on Friday. Despite weakening global sentiment due to fears of a sharp economic slowdown, the safe-haven yen has not attracted much buying interest.
Japanese investors have been net buyers of foreign bonds, and analysts think this could be one reason for the yen's underperformance.

Copyright Reuters, 2019

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