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Urgent: U.S. dollar rallies on jobs report

Xinhua, February 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar rose against other major currencies on Friday as the country's robust nonfarm payroll report spurred market speculation that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates by mid-2015.

In late New York trading, the euro declined to 1.1318 dollars from 1.1472 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 119.14 Japanese yen, higher than 117.57 yen of the previous session. Endite