Xinhua, New York :
The US dollar rose in late trading on Friday as sentiment was lifted by robust data.
US consumers’ spending increased in July, as retail and food services sales rose 0.7 percent to 523.5 billion US dollars, the Department of Commerce said on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.01 percent at 98.1554 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro decreased to 1.1095 US dollars from 1.1106 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.2151 dollars from 1.2110 US dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar was up to 0.6781 dollar from 0.6775 dollar.
The US dollar bought 106.28 Japanese yen, higher than 106.12 Japanese yen of the previous session. The US dollar increased to 0.9783 Swiss franc from 0.9769 Swiss franc, and it decreased to 1.3269 Canadian dollars from 1.3323 Canadian dollars.
The US dollar rose in late trading on Friday as sentiment was lifted by robust data.
US consumers’ spending increased in July, as retail and food services sales rose 0.7 percent to 523.5 billion US dollars, the Department of Commerce said on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.01 percent at 98.1554 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro decreased to 1.1095 US dollars from 1.1106 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.2151 dollars from 1.2110 US dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar was up to 0.6781 dollar from 0.6775 dollar.
The US dollar bought 106.28 Japanese yen, higher than 106.12 Japanese yen of the previous session. The US dollar increased to 0.9783 Swiss franc from 0.9769 Swiss franc, and it decreased to 1.3269 Canadian dollars from 1.3323 Canadian dollars.
