U.S. dollar rises amid data
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E-mail Xinhua, February 9, 2019
NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose on Friday as investors continued to digest the country's major economic data.
In the week ending Feb. 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 234,000, a decrease of 19,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 253,000, the Department of Labor reported on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, increased 0.14 percent at 96.6389 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1322 dollars from 1.1351 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.2932 dollars from 1.2959 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar was down to 0.7085 dollar from 0.7100 dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 109.77 Japanese yen, lower than 109.83 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.9999 Swiss franc from 1.0017 Swiss francs, and it fell to 1.3268 Canadian dollars from 1.3301 Canadian dollars. Enditem
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