• EUR/GBP nudges up to 0.8598 following ECB rate rise to 2.5%

• 0.8598 is one-week peak (0.8607 was two-month high on Sept 3)

• Pre-ECB hike high was 0.8592 (Wednesday high was 0.8595)

• 30-year gilt yield rises to its highest level since 1998

• UK July GDP data due on Friday at 0600 GMT; zero growth forecast

• BoE is expected to keep its policy rate at 3.75% next week, by 6-3 vote

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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)