At 5:30 am ET Thursday, the Office for National Statistics released U.K. retail sales figures for February.

After the data, the pound rose against its major rivals.

As of 5:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8616 against the euro, 1.2431 against the Swiss franc, 1.2512 against the U.S. dollar and 139.08 against the yen.

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