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Urgent: U.S. dollar soars on strong jobs data from America

Xinhua, December 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar went up against other major currencies Friday as the country's nonfarm payroll report came out better than expected, bolstering market expectation for an interest-rate hike later this month.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.0869 dollars from 1.0970 dollars in the previous session, while the U.S. dollar bought 123.18 Japanese yen, higher than 122.36 yen of the previous session. Endit