Pound hits $1.40 on vaccine optimism; UK retail sales tumble 8.2% – as it happened | Business
[ad_1] 3.12pm GMT15:12 Closing summary The pound has powered past $1.40 for the first time in almost three years and has clawed most of the losses suffered since the Brexit vote in June 2016. It hit $1.4036, the highest level since 20 April, 2018, and is getting closer to $1.4860, the level it was at…