TOKYO (Reuters) - The British pound jumped as much as 0.5 percent against the dollar on Thursday following a report by the Times of London that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has struck a deal with Brussels on financial services.
The pound rose to as high as $1.2832 and last stood at $1.2822 GBP=D4, up 0.4 percent.
Reporting by Hideyuki Sano; Editing by Sam Holmes