The U.S. dollar traded mixed against other major currencies on Thursday as investors were sifting through the latest economic data.
In the week ending July 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims was 247,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised level, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
In a separate report, the department said that the seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, above economists' expectations. Final demand prices were unchanged in May and rose 0.5 percent in April.
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1400 U.S. dollars from 1.1416 U.S. dollars, and the British pound rose to 1.2939 U.S. dollars from 1.2890 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar added to 0.7731 U.S. dollar from 0.7679 U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 113.21 Japanese yen, lower than 113.25 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.9671 Swiss franc from 0.9652 Swiss franc, and it edged up to 1.2727 Canadian dollars from 1.2720 Canadian dollars.
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