At 2:00 am ET Tuesday, the Office for National Statistics released U.K. labor market data.
After the data, the pound rose against its major rivals.
As of 2:05 am ET, the pound was trading at 0.8589 against the euro, 1.1376 against the Swiss franc, 1.2554 against the U.S. dollar and 175.17 against the yen.
