At 4:30 am ET Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics released U.K. unemployment data.

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

As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8911 against the euro, 1.2385 against the Swiss franc, 1.2858 against the U.S. dollar and 145.86 against the yen.

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