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(Close): The pound fell against the dollar and euro after a poll by YouGov indicated rising support for the pro-Scottish independence "Yes" campaign. | |
The poll indicated the lead held by the "No" campaign to reject independence had narrowed to six points from 22 points since the beginning of August. | |
Sterling fell 0.63% against the dollar to $1.6502 and dropped 0.61% against the euro to 1.2572 euros. | |
On the stock market, the FTSE 100 index rose 3.86 points to 6,829.17. | |
Weir Group was the top riser on the index, up 2.5%, after Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on the engineering firm to "outperform" from "neutral". | |
After a tough couple of days following the release of a profits warning on Friday there was some respite for Tesco, with its shares rising 2.4%. | |
Redrow shares climbed at first before dropping back 1%, despite the housebuilder reporting a near doubling in full-year profits to £132.6m. | |
Revenue jumped 43% to £864.5m as demand was boosted by improving consumer confidence and the government's Help to Buy housing scheme. |
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