At 4:30 am ET Friday, the Office for National Statistics published UK industrial output, foreign trade and construction output figures, all for September.

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

As of 4:32 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8847 against the euro, 1.3071 against the Swiss franc, 1.3162 against the US dollar and 149.25 against the yen.

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