Sterling stemmed early losses on Wednesday on a more positive outlook over Brexit, overcoming data showing a shock slide in Britain’s services sector and suggesting the economy would barely grow in the last quarter of 2018. The pound traded well off the 17-month lows it hit on Tuesday, lifted by suggestions in some quarters that Britain may opt not to leave the European Union after all, although a looming vote on Brexit in parliament kept the gains in check. Demand for the British currency has been sapped by investor uncertainty over the government’s Brexit plans ahead of a March 29 deadline, making the pound one of ... (full story)