At 4:30 am ET Thursday, the Office for National Statistics released U.K. retail sales figures for November.
After the data, the pound rose further against its major rivals.
As of 4:31 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.7255 against the euro, 1.4906 against the Swiss franc, 1.4977 against the U.S. dollar and 183.33 against the yen.
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