Urgent: U.S. dollar rises amid policy divergence

The U.S. dollar climbed against most major currencies on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve was moving closer to raise interest rates while central banks in Japan and Europe were on their way to launch more stimulus measures.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1549 dollars from 1.1602 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 118.81 Japanese yen, higher than 117.77 yen of the previous session. Endite