Urgent: U.S. dollar rises on upbeat data, ECB meeting

The U.S. dollar increased against most major currencies on Thursday as investors were digesting better-than-expected jobless data from the country as well as the outcome of just-ended European Central Bank (ECB) meeting.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1112 dollars from 1.1337 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 120.71 Japanese yen, higher than 119.95 yen of the previous session. Endit