At 4:30 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics issued U.K. retail sales figures for January.

After the data, the pound fell further against its major rivals.

As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8552 against the euro, 1.2431 against the Swiss franc, 1.2450 against the U.S. dollar and 140.37 against the yen.

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