1st LD Writethru: U.S. dollar climbs against most other currencies amid mixed data

The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies Wednesday as investors were assessing a batch of mixed economic data.

The U.S. Non-Manufacturing Index registered 60.3 percent in July, 4.3 percentage points higher than the June reading of 56 percent and well above market expectations of 56.2, reported the Institute Supply Management (ISM) Wednesday.

The ISM nonmanufacturing index is at the highest level since August 2005, which boosted expectations of an interest-rate hike in September.

U.S. private sector employment increased by 185,000 jobs from June to July, well below market consensus of 210,000, according to the June ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the country's international trade deficit in goods and services increased from a revised level of 40.9 billion U.S. dollars in May to 43.8 billion dollars in June, largely in line with market estimates, said the U.S. Commerce Department Wednesday.

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.0898 dollars from 1.0891 dollars of the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.5599 dollars from 1.5568 dollars. The Australian dollar went down to 0.7348 dollars from 0.7383 dollars.

The dollar bought 124.88 Japanese yen, higher than 124.33 yen of the previous session. The dollar moved up to 0.9792 Swiss francs from 0.9789 Swiss francs, and it gained to 1.3191 Canadian dollars from 1.3185 Canadian dollars. Endite