A modest pickup in the USD demand prompted some fresh selling around GBP/USD on Tuesday. Concerns about the ever-increasing COVID-19 cases drove haven flows towards the greenback. Investors might refrain from placing aggressive bets, rather prefer to wait for fresh Brexit updates. Euro area GDP grew at a strong pace in third quarter. EUR/USD pair trades with modest gains above 1.2100. The dollar index was up 0.1% at 90.907, only slightly above the 2 1/2-year low of 90.471 on Friday. The risk-sensitive AUD/USD was down 0.2% at 0.7409.