At 4:30 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics issued UK industrial output and foreign trade figures for January.

After these data, the pound changed little against its major rivals.

As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8721 against the euro, 1.2317 against the Swiss franc, 1.2166 against the U.S. dollar and 140.36 against the yen.

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