MORNING BID-Friday the 13th: lucky for markets

It's Friday the 13th but so far for markets it’s shaping up to be a lucky day. With UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives romping home with the biggest election win since 1987, sterling has rallied to mid-2018 highs against the dollar and the highest level since 2016 against the euro, as the prospect of a hung parliament and another Brexit delay vanishes.