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STERLING: GBP strength remains rampant across the board, with GBPUSD adding

close to 100 pips since the end of the PM's speech in the House of Commons.

Markets clearly buying into the theory that this revised deal has better backing

to pass any parliamentary vote ahead of the Brexit deadline (Oct31). The

hardline ERG as well as the Northern Irish DUP have already given their backing.

While the EU are yet to approve any such deal, some more positive noises are

coming out of the Irish PM, who states he is "reassured to hear that there will

be no physical infrastructure linked to customs checks".

-All eyes turn to possible comments later in the session from EU's Barnier, Tusk

and Juncker, all of which are in contact with the UK PM today.