NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar surged in late buying and selling on Thursday as market contributors digested a slew of financial knowledge.
The dollar index, which measures the buck towards six main friends, rose 0.92 % to 109.6930.
In late New York buying and selling, the euro decreased to 0.9947 U.S. {dollars} from 1.0046 {dollars} within the earlier session, and the British pound was all the way down to 1.1539 U.S. {dollars} from 1.1617 {dollars} within the earlier session. The Australian dollar decreased to 0.6784 U.S. {dollars} from 0.6849 {dollars}.
The U.S. dollar purchased 140.20 Japanese yen, greater than 138.74 Japanese yen of the earlier session. The U.S. dollar elevated to 0.9822 Swiss francs from 0.9762 Swiss francs, and it was as much as 1.3165 Canadian {dollars} from 1.3122 Canadian {dollars}.
On the financial entrance, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. preliminary jobless claims, a tough approach to measure layoffs, decreased by 5,000 to 232,000 within the week ending Aug. 27.
The Institute for Supply Management stated its manufacturing index held regular at 52.8 % in August. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast the index to slide to 51.8 %.