Urgent: U.S. dollar slips on soft data

The U.S. dollar fell against most major currencies Friday as economic data from the country came out weaker than expected, dampening market sentiment for a rate hike soon.

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.0981 dollars from 1.0921 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 123.93 Japanese yen, lower than 124.24 yen of the previous session. Endite