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Urgent: U.S. dollar rises amid Yellen's speech, GDP report

Xinhua, September 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar increased against other major currencies on Friday as Federal Reserve Chair Jenet Yellen said the central bank was on track to raise interest rate this year and the country's economic growth was revised up again.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1196 dollars from 1.1220 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 120.62 Japanese yen, higher than 120.03 yen of the previous session. Enditem