At 4:30 am ET Friday, IHS Markit publishes UK PMI data. Economists forecast the index to rise to 56.5 in November from 56.3 in October.

Ahead of the data, the pound dropped against its major opponents.

The pound was worth 1.3487 against the greenback, 151.49 against the yen, 1.3246 against the franc and 0.8837 against the euro at 4:25 am ET.

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