Weaker Sterling Boosts FTSE, Barclays Slides as CEO Steps Down

(Reuters) – A weaker pound helped lift UK’s exporter-heavy FTSE 100 index on Monday with pharmaceutical stocks in the lead, while shares of British bank Barclays fell after its chief executive officer stepped down.

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Weaker Sterling Boosts FTSE, Barclays Slides as CEO Steps Down

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