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According to Reuters, the pound dipped by 0.8 per cent against the dollar early on - taking it to $1.5366 at 08:25 BST - after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg emerged as the victor of the event.
Mr Clegg was voted as the most popular of the three political leaders who took part by 61 per cent of respondents to a Populus poll conducted on behalf of the Times, which has raised concerns that a hung parliament will be created when the nation goes to the polls on May 6th.
"If we were to see a very large swing towards the Lib Dems nationally, we could see Labour losing seats to the Lib Dems," the news agency quoted RBC Royal Bank's Adam Cole as saying.
This, he argued, would result in "the least stable election outcome".
Posted by Chris Weaver
