Cable holds below 1.22 before US employment report release at 1230 GMT

1.2196 was Thursday's 3-day high after lift from 1.2108 post-US claims low

Ascent to 1.2196 was fuelled by some profit-taking on USD long positions

NFP forecast at 170k; miss could weigh on the dollar, beat could inflate it

Labour wins Rutherglen by-election with 20% swing from SNP nL1N3BC01X

UK Sept house prices down 4.7% YY, steepest drop since 2009 - Halifax