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Urgent: U.S. dollar slumps amid soft data, Dudley comments

Xinhua, February 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar plunged against other major currencies on Wednesday amid weaker-than-expected economic data and the dovish remarks from the New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley about the country's economic developments.

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1092 dollars from 1.0909 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 117.72 Japanese yen, lower than 120.17 yen of the previous session. Endit