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U.S. dollar declines amid economic data

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2019-12-24 06:18

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NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar declined in late trading on Monday as investors digested key economic data.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in November decreased 5 billion U.S. dollars, or 2 percent, to 242.6 billion dollars, the U.S. Commerce Department said Monday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.04 percent at 97.6579 in late trading.

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.1093 dollars from 1.1074 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.2939 dollars from 1.3013 dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar increased to 0.6924 U.S. dollar from 0.6902 U.S. dollar.

The dollar bought 109.36 Japanese yen, lower than 109.47 Japanese yen of the previous session. It decreased to 0.9817 Swiss franc from 0.9825 Swiss franc, and fell to 1.3151 Canadian dollars from 1.3154 Canadian dollars.
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