Urgent: U.S. dollar climbs on upbeat data

The U.S. dollar increased against most major currencies on Thursday as economic data from the country came out positive.

In late New York trading, the euro climbed to 1.1253 dollars from 1.1114 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 119.34 Japanese yen, higher than 119.01 yen of the previous session. Endite