The pound slips on Thursday on concerns that Prime Minister Theresa May could not win majority of seats in parliament after the June 8 elections in Britain.
Sterling dropped 0.1% to $1.2877 after a YouGov survey showed May might not significantly get the number of seats in parliament necessary to form a government, which could result in political upheaval given the start of the official Brexit talks.
The dollar index .DXY increased by 0.1% to 97.003 after dropping by 0.4% on previous session.
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