Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was down against most other major currencies on Thursday, in the wake of worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data and key interest rate decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England.
The greenback was down against the euro, with EUR/USD climbing 0.09% to hit 1.3357 after the ECB kept the euro zone interest rate at its record low level of 1%. Following the decision, the bank's president, President Jean-Claude Trichet, said Greece was not in danger of defaulting, somewhat quelling fears over the country's debt crisis.
Meanwhile, the dollar fell versus sterling, with GBP/USD gaining 0.09% to hit 1.5254 after the BoE kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 13th consecutive month.
The dollar also fell against the yen, with USD/JPY dropping 0.23% to reach 93.14 following a New York Times report that China is near to announcing a "small but immediate" revaluation of the yuan. In addition, the U.S. dollar was down against the loonie, with USD/CAD sliding 0.13% to hit 1.005.
But the greenback was up against its Australian and New Zealand counterparts: NZD/USD slipped 0.25% to reach 0.7052 and AUD/USD dropped 0.08% to hit 0.9261.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.03%.
Earlier Thursday, a U.S. Labor Department report showed that the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week. Initial jobless applications increased by 18,000 to 460,000 during the week, the data showed; economists had forecast the figure to drop to 433,000.
The greenback was down against the euro, with EUR/USD climbing 0.09% to hit 1.3357 after the ECB kept the euro zone interest rate at its record low level of 1%. Following the decision, the bank's president, President Jean-Claude Trichet, said Greece was not in danger of defaulting, somewhat quelling fears over the country's debt crisis.
Meanwhile, the dollar fell versus sterling, with GBP/USD gaining 0.09% to hit 1.5254 after the BoE kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 13th consecutive month.
The dollar also fell against the yen, with USD/JPY dropping 0.23% to reach 93.14 following a New York Times report that China is near to announcing a "small but immediate" revaluation of the yuan. In addition, the U.S. dollar was down against the loonie, with USD/CAD sliding 0.13% to hit 1.005.
But the greenback was up against its Australian and New Zealand counterparts: NZD/USD slipped 0.25% to reach 0.7052 and AUD/USD dropped 0.08% to hit 0.9261.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.03%.
Earlier Thursday, a U.S. Labor Department report showed that the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week. Initial jobless applications increased by 18,000 to 460,000 during the week, the data showed; economists had forecast the figure to drop to 433,000.