At 4:30 am ET Thursday, U.K. public sector finance data for January is scheduled for release. Ahead of the data, the pound climbed against its major counterparts.

The pound was worth 1.3074 against the greenback, 144.75 against the yen, 1.3097 against the franc and 0.8667 against the euro as of 4:25 am ET.

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