1st LD Writethru: U.S. dollar mixed against other currencies

The U.S. dollar traded mixed against other currencies Wednesday amid better-than-expected economic data of the country.

U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services decreased from 50.6 billion U.S. dollars in March to 40.9 billion dollars in April, well above market expectations, as exports increased and imports decreased, said the Department of Commerce Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the private sector employment in May increased 201, 000 jobs from April, the most in four months and slightly above estimates, according to the May ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday. The ADP figure is seen as a pre-indicator for the highly-focused nonfarm-payrolls report due Friday.

Traders are closely watching the progress of the Greek debt situation, but there was no clear sign of progress.

In late New York trading, the euro gained to 1.1250 U.S. dollars from 1.1165 dollars of the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.5314 dollars from 1.5352 dollars. The Australian dollar went down to 0.7770 U.S. dollar from 0.7775 dollar.

The U.S. dollar bought 124.35 Japanese yen, higher than 124.06 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar moved up to 0.9357 Swiss franc from 0.9323 Swiss franc and moved up to 1.2460 Canadian dollars from 1.2405 Canadian dollars. Endite