Urgent: U.S. dollar rises amid upbeat data, ECB easing

The U.S. dollar climbed against most major currencies on Friday as the country's economic data came out positive and the euro extended losses on the quantitative easing program by the European Central Bank.

In late New York trading, the euro dropped to 1.1248 dollars from 1.1378 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 117.74 Japanese yen, lower than 118.37 yen of the previous session. Endite