U.K's Office for National Statistics will release its retail sales report at 4:30 am ET Friday. Annual retail sales, including auto fuel, is set to grow 3 percent in December after the 6.4 percent growth in November.

The pound slipped against the franc, yen and the greenback but rose against the euro before the data.

The pound was valued at 1.4963 against the greenback, 176.83 against the yen, 0.7525 against the euro and 1.3055 against the franc at 4:25 am ET.

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