Cable extends south to 1.2884 on April's worse than expected UK service PMI

58.3 vs 60.0 forecast (service sector is dominant segment of UK economy)

1.2884 = new 17-month low. 1.2901 was low pre-PMIs on UK retail sales miss

See: nL5N2WK1AJ. 1.3009 was Asian session base (pre-UK retail sales data)

UK April manufacturing PMI 55.3 vs 54.0 Reuters poll forecast nZRN0049MB

UK says it may have to take unilateral action on NI protocol nS8N2V607E