Sentiment in Europe Soars on Dutch Election, More Hawkish BOE

Highlight of the day was BOE's meeting as Kristin Forbes, the most hawkish MPC members, surprisingly voted to raise the policy rate by +25 bps. GBPUSD jumped to a 2-week high of 1.2376 after the announcement, before settling at 1.2358, up +0.55%.EURGBP was more mixed as the single currency was lifted by the outcome of the Netherlands' general election.

from Oil N' Gold Focus http://www.oilngold.com/ong-focus/insights/sentiment-in-europe-soars-on-dutch-election-more-hawkish-boe-2017031734388/