U.S. dollar declines as risk appetite changes

Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-27 06:34:45|Editor: huaxia
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar declined on Thursday as investors' risk appetite changed amid trade optimism.

The U.S. dollar weakened against trade-sensitive currencies such as the Australian dollar and the New Zealand dollar for the day.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.10 percent at 97.5403 in late trading.

In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1101 U.S. dollars from 1.1090 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.3006 U.S. dollars from 1.2960 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar rose to 0.6944 U.S. dollar from 0.6918 U.S. dollar.

The U.S. dollar bought 109.64 Japanese yen, higher than 109.28 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar was up to 0.9806 Swiss franc from 0.9801 Swiss franc, and it decreased to 1.3107 Canadian dollars from 1.3156 Canadian dollars. Enditem

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