By Joseph Adinolfi and Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch

NEW YORK (MarketWatch)--The pound fell to its lowest point against the dollar since June 30 following the release of minutes from the Bank of England's July meeting on Wednesday.

Sterling (GBPUSD) fell to a low of $1.7024, from $1.7060 late Tuesday and from $1.7088 ahead of the BOE release. Against the euro, the pound slipped to EUR1.2654 from EUR1.2670 Tuesday.

The BOE's Monetary Policy Committee said all nine members were in favor of making no changes to its record-low interest rate and keeping its quantitative-easing program at GBP375 billion ($640 billion).

"It's left markets a little disappointed, and the pound has fallen on the news, but we don't believe it's so disappointing as to force GBP/USD below 1.70," said Alex Edwards, head of the corporate desk at UKForex, in a note. "It hasn't changed the views of the hawks, who have a rate hike priced in for later this year."

The dollar rose against the yen (USDJPY), buying Yen101.540, up from Yen101.47 Tuesday.

The ICE U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback's performance against a basket of six other currencies, rose to 80.8130 Wednesday from 80.7810 Tuesday.

The euro (EURUSD) was flat at $1.3462.

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