1st LD Writethru: U.S. dollar rises amid upbeat data

The U.S. dollar gained against most major currencies Tuesday as economic data of the country came in better-than-expected.

U.S. new orders for manufactured goods in June increased 8.7 billion U.S. dollars or 1.8 percent to 478.5 billion dollars, slightly above market estimates, said the Commerce Department Tuesday. This increase, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, followed a 1.1-percent May decrease.

U.S. personal income increased 68.1 billion U.S. dollars, or 0. 4 percent in June, beating market consensus of 0.3 percent, said the Commerce Department Monday. Personal consumption expenditures increased 25.9 billion dollars, or 0.2 percent in June.

In late New York trading, the euro lost to 1.0891 dollars from 1.0949 dollars of the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.5568 dollars from 1.5584 dollars. The Australian dollar went up to 0.7383 dollar from 0.7269 dollar. The dollar bought 124.33 Japanese yen, higher than 123.95 yen of the previous session. The greenback moved up to 0.9789 Swiss franc from 0.9696 Swiss franc, and moved up to 1.3185 Canadian dollars from 1.3148 Canadian dollars. Endite