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(Bloomberg) -- GBP holding losses after gapping lower in early Asia following London mayor’s decision to support the exit vote in June’s EU referendum.

• GBP/USD -0.84% to 1.4285 vs 1.4235/1.4332 range
  • Confusion in Asia over how low sterling has fallen: traders
  • EUR/GBP bids from macro funds below 0.7760, trader says
  • Moody’s says it may revise U.K. to negative on “Brexit”
  • U.K. assets haven’t priced in EU exit premium
  • GBP/JPY may overshoot toward 157-158 on EU exit risk: RBS
• USD/JPY +0.23% to 112.89 vs 112.36/113.05 range
  • Rising on cross buying and higher Nikkei, which is +0.9%
  • EUR/JPY selling seen by small European funds: traders
  • Nikkei Japan Feb. flash PMI 50.2 vs 52.3 in Jan. and 52.0 est.
• AUD/USD +0.39% to 0.7176 vs 0.7136/0.0.7179 range
  • Lifted via buying in AUD/JPY by Japanese banks, trader says
• EUR/USD -0.15% to 1.1112 vs 1.1104/1.1135 range
  • ECB choices weighed as volatility signals risks
  • Leveraged funds reduced net USD long position for third week
• NZD/USD +0.48% to 0.6664 vs 0.6622/0.6668 range
• Foreign exchange traders among hardest hit in bank cuts
• Bloomberg Dollar Index +0.09% to 1,220.37
• U.S. Treasury 10-year yield up 2 bps to 1.767%
• S&P 500 futures up 12 points to 1,926
• Brent crude +1.5%; gold -0.8%; copper +0.7%
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