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The pound rose to 0.3 percent to $1.6210, its strongest since early May. Further gains would see it target the May 1 high of $1.6248 and then the 2012 peak of $1.6304 reached on April 30.
The pound was helped by gains against a broadly weaker yen, traders said. It rose to a four-month high of 126.74 yen.