NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar weakened in late buying and selling on Thursday amid a momentum within the euro and the British pound.
The dollar index, which measures the dollar towards six main friends, decreased 0.31 p.c to 112.2540.
In late New York buying and selling, the euro elevated to 0.9793 U.S. {dollars} from 0.9748 {dollars} within the earlier session, and the British pound rose to 1.1058 U.S. {dollars} from 1.0903 {dollars} within the earlier session. The Australian dollar decreased to 0.6478 U.S. {dollars} from 0.6526 {dollars}.
The U.S. dollar purchased 144.40 Japanese yen, larger than 143.99 Japanese yen of the earlier session. The U.S. dollar elevated to 0.9779 Swiss francs from 0.9759 Swiss francs, and it elevated to 1.3707 Canadian {dollars} from 1.3616 Canadian {dollars}.
On the financial entrance, U.S. preliminary jobless claims, a tough technique to measure layoffs, fell by 16,000 to 193,000 within the week ending Sept. 24, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Thursday. That marks the bottom degree of claims since late April.