Urgent: U.S. dollar rises on strong nonfarm payrolls

The U.S. dollar soared against other major currencies on Friday as the country's closely-watched nonfarm payroll report came out better than expected.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.0747 dollars from 1.0883 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 123.21 Japanese yen, higher than 121.69 yen of the previous session. Endit