As it stands at the moment the UK is heading for a hung parliament. Following a larger than expected turnout the polls are too close to call. Jeremy Cook, chief economist & manager of advisory servicesat World First shares his views.

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Latest exchange rates (at time of writing)
Source: World First

Indicative Rates Sell Buy
GBPEUR 1.1576 1.1599
GBPUSD 1.4694 1.4722
EURUSD 1.2684 1.2705
GBPJPY 135.20 135.56
GBPAUD 1.6581 1.6607
GBPNZD 2.0780 2.0814
GBPCAD 1.5476 1.5512
NZDUSD 0.7057 0.7082
GBPZAR 11.34 11.40
USDZAR 7.7185 7.7775
GBPPLN 4.8112 4.8624
EURJPY 116.52 116.82