U.S. dollar mixed on downbeat data
Xinhua, April 20, 2017 Adjust font size:
The U.S. dollar traded mixed against other major currencies on Thursday as jobs data from the country came out negative.
In the week ending April 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 244,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 234,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
The latest reading was higher than market consensus of 242,000.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.05 percent at 99.790 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro declined to 1.0718 dollars from 1.0721 dollars, and the British pound rose to 1.2811 dollars from 1.2790 U.S. dollars in the previous session.
The Australian dollar climbed to 0.7528 U.S. dollar from 0.7499 U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 109.32 Japanese yen, higher than 108.72 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar increased to 0.9984 Swiss franc from 0.9976 Swiss franc, and it edged down to 1.3480 Canadian dollars from 1.3481 Canadian dollars. Enditem