At 4:30 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics published U.K. construction output, U.K industrial output figures and external trade figures for February.

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

As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8550 against the euro, 1.2504 against the Swiss franc, 1.2437 against the U.S. dollar and 137.50 against the yen.

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