British pound jumps on media report May seals Brexit deals on financial services

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)