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Urgent: U.S. dollar rises amid upbeat data

Xinhua, August 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar climbed against most major currencies on Friday as the country's overall strong economic data pointed to a possible interest-rate hike later this year.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1179 dollars from 1.1257 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 121.33 Japanese yen, higher than 120.68 yen of the previous session. Enditem