The U.S. dollar traded mixed against other major currencies on Thursday as investors digested a batch of economic reports.
In the week ending June 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 241,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level, the U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday.
The four-week moving average was 244,750, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week's revised average.
U.S. house prices rose in April, up 0.7 percent from the previous month's reading, above market consensus of 0.5 percent, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, edged up 0.01 percent at 97.573 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1149 dollars from 1.1164 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound climbed to 1.2672 dollars from 1.2669 dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar dipped to 0.7542 U.S. dollar from 0.7558 U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar bought 111.32 Japanese yen, higher than 111.31 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.9722 Swiss franc from 0.9727 Swiss franc, and it moved down to 1.3242 Canadian dollars from 1.3311 Canadian dollars.
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