LONDON—U.K. financial markets rallied Thursday as investors bet the government would reverse course on its recent tax-cutting plans, while the country’s Prime Minister Liz Truss grapples with a growing rebellion from both investors and lawmakers from her own Conservative Party.
U.K. government bond prices rose and the pound gained against the dollar on expectations that some or all of the government’s plans would be rolled back, according to analysts. Both markets pared gains, however, after surprisingly strong U.S. inflation data, while a rally in smaller U.K. stocks fizzled out.
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