Sterling falls to day's low after BoE statement, latest Brexit poll

LONDON: Sterling hit a day's low against the dollar on Thursday, after another poll showed more Britons will vote to leave the European Union than stay next week and the Bank of England warned the pound may fall sharply in response. Sterling fell to $1.4100, down 0.7 percent on the day, compared with $1.4135 before the poll was released.

It was flat at 79.27 pence per euro.

The Survation poll, coinciding with the bank's post-meeting statement on monetary policy, showed just 42 percent would vote to remain in the 28-country trading bloc while 45 percent of Britons would vote to leave.

The BoE minutes said a vote to leave could harm the global economy, and warned it was increasingly likely that sterling would fall further after a Brexit vote. Its Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold rates at record lows, as expected.

Copyright Reuters, 2016