U.K. Realized sales higher in February.
The survey of CBI in February showed that volume of retail sales in U.K. rose much more than expected.
For the first two weeks of February 34% retailers said that volume of sales increased and 36% of them reported decrease. That gives -2%, which is a high improvement from -22% in January. Economists estimated reading of -14%.
The couple GBP/USD was traded at 1.5842 right after news released by Confederation of British Industry.