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U.S. dollar climbs amid robust jobs data
NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – The U.S. dollar strengthened against
it major rivals in late trading Friday, boosted by stronger-than-expected
jobs data.
U.S. employers added 266,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate
dropped slightly to 3.5 percent, the lowest in nearly five decades, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Job gains mainly occurred in healthcare and in professional and technical
services, the report showed. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had predicted
a more modest gain of 180,000.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers,
was up 0.29 percent at 97.7009 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro was down to 1.1056 dollars from 1.1099
dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.3136
dollars from 1.3159 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian
dollar rose to 0.6838 dollar from 0.6831 dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 108.56 Japanese yen, lower than 108.74 Japanese yen
of the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.9897 Swiss franc from
0.9869 Swiss franc, and it rose to 1.3263 Canadian dollars from 1.3173
Canadian dollars.
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