The pound went up against the backdrop of rising activity in the services sector of Great Britain

On Wednesday, the pound rate rose to a maximum for the session after the report data recorded in March the maximum growth in the service sector of the UK for the three months of 2017.
At 08:50 GMT, the pair EUR/USD increased by 0.27% to 1.2473 from the previous value of 1.2435.
Markit reported that the index of business activity in the service sector (PMI) of Great Britain increased last month to 55.0 compared to 53.3 in February. This is the maximum after December 2016.
Economists predicted that the value of this index would be 53.5.
The report says that the rate of price increase has become the maximum for eight and a half years, which indicates a possible increase in inflation this year above 3%, as many economists predict.
The report also indicates that the growth rate of new jobs in the services sector has become minimal over the past seven months.
Together with data from similar studies on the manufacturing and construction sectors that were published this week, the latest report indicated the likelihood of a slowdown in economic growth as the consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.