U.S. dollar mixed on amid data

The U.S. dollar traded mixed against other major currencies on Wednesday as investors were digesting the mixed economic data from the country.

The U.S. international trade deficit was 56.1 billion dollars in September, down 3.1 billion dollars from the August reading, beating market consensus, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

In a separate report, the department announced that U.S. sales of new single-family houses in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 593,000. This is 3.1 percent above the revised August rate but still lower than market consensus of 601,000.

The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major peers, was down 0.09 percent at 98.629 in late trading.

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.0909 dollars from 1.0901 dollars, and the British pound climbed to 1.2230 dollars from 1.2190 dollars. The Australian dollar decreased to 0.7642 dollars from 0.7649 dollars.

The dollar bought 104.48 Japanese yen, higher than 104.23 yen in the previous session. The dollar inched down to 0.9935 Swiss francs from 0.9937 Swiss francs, and it rose to 1.3364 Canadian dollars from 1.3328 Canadian dollars. Endite