At 12:30 GMT, the US economy released its reading of the retail sales index for September, which rose by 0.7%, better than forecasts of 0.2%, and lower than the previous reading of a 0.9% after it was revised from 0.7%.
The core reading for retail sales index (excluding automobiles) was at 0.8%, better than forecasts of 0.5%, and lower than the previous reading of 2% after it was revised from 1.8%. This data is positive for the US dollar.