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GBPJPY fall after Retail sales and PMI data

GBPJPY was down on Friday after testing the high level of 196.54 in the last trading session as approaching again a six-month low touched last week, amid mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Reports emerged that Ukraine had fired UK cruise missiles into Russia for the first time. Annual inflation rate in the UK went up to 2.3% in October, the highest in six months, compared to 1.7% in September, exceeding both the BoE's target and market expectations of 2.2%.