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Urgent: U.S. dollar rises on upbeat data

Xinhua, February 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar climbed against most major peers on Thursday as the jobs report from the country came out positive.

In late New York trading, the euro declined to 1.1092 dollars from 1.1132 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 113.57 Japanese yen, lower than 113.83 yen of the previous session. Endit