At 4.30 am ET Thursday, UK Markit/CIPS manufacturing PMI survey data is due. The score is seen falling to 64.2 in June, as initially estimated, from 65.6 in May.

Ahead of the data, the pound eased from its early highs against its major rivals.

The pound was worth 153.60 against the yen, 1.3797 against the greenback, 0.8584 against the euro and 1.2781 against the franc as of 4:25 am ET.

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