1.   Higher U.K. rates could boost its pound by making deposits denominated in that currency more attractive.

2.   Higher U.K. rates could boost the pound by making deposits denominated in that currency more attractive.

3.   Prospects of higher rates boosted the pound, making British products more expensive abroad.

4.   That boosted the pound, which is seen as a safe haven from single-currency troubles.

5.   U.K. stocks were mixed as a report that money supply rose boosted the pound and fanned concern interest rates could rise in the coming year.