At 4:30 am ET Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics released U.K. retail sales for August.

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

As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8869 against the euro, 1.3037 against the Swiss franc, 1.3578 against the U.S. dollar and 151.29 against the yen.

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