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Urgent: U.S. dollar rises on Fed officials' remarks

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar increased against other major currencies Monday after several Federal Reserve officials indicated that the central bank may raise interest rate as early as April.

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1248 U.S. dollars from 1.1270 dollars in the previous session, while the U.S. dollar bought 111.86 Japanese yen, higher than 111.57 yen of the previous session. Endit