LONDON: U.K. stocks higher Thursday as the pound slips ahead of next week’s general election. The FTSE 100 was up 0.35% at 05:15 ET. The pound was off 0.20% at $1.2864 as one poll showed the Tories could lose their majority in the June 8 election.
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