And the last two remaining candidates left in the Conservative leadership race are ...
|- The fifth and final ballot results of the race for Conservative leadership sees Michael Gove eliminated.
- The fifth ballot results see Boris Johnson leading and Jeremy Hunt contesting.
- GBP/USD is steady in the outcome, a touch over 1.27 the figure.
Tory MPs have been voting again on Thursday in a fifth round of the leadership contest to select the final two candidates.
The contenders were as follows:
- Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove - (Sajid Javid was knocked out in a fourth ballot earlier in the day).
(Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary and Mayor of London, has been topping all of the ballots so far).
Thursday's fifth-round results:
- Boris Johnson: 160
- Jeremy Hunt: 77
- Michael Gove: 75 (out)
FX implications:
Candidates advancing through the race who are supporting a hard Brexit will weigh on the value of Sterling as it will be suggesting that markets may have to price in a higher probability of a no-deal Brexit.
- GBP/USD made a high of 1.2727 earlier in the session and moved to a touch above the figure to meet the New York session highs at 1.2709 ahead of the results.
And the race continues...
- Members of the Conservative Party will now be able to vote on the final two.
- Finally, beginning on 22 June, the final two candidates will be put to a postal vote of the 160,000 Tory party members.
- The winner will be announced in the week of 22 July.
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