NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar weakened in late trade on Thursday as market participants digested a slew of mixed data.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.32 percent to 102.0570.
In late New York trading, the euro was up at US$1.0831 from US$1.0795 in the previous session, and the British pound was up at US$1.2393 from US$1.2342 in the previous session.
The US dollar bought 128.47 Japanese yen, down from 128.75 Japanese yen from the previous session. The US dollar fell to 0.9152 Swiss francs from 0.9163 Swiss francs and it fell to 1.3454 Canadian dollars from 1.3490 Canadian dollars. The US dollar weakened to SEK 10.3117 from SEK 10.3303.
On the economic front, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday that U.S. building permits for new homes fell 1.6 percent to 1.33 million in December. Economists had expected building permits to drop to 1.35 million.
U.S. initial jobless claims, a rough measure of layoffs, fell by 15,000 to 190,000 in the week ended Jan. 14, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had predicted new claims would reach 215,000.
Source: sn.dk