Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was mixed against the other major currencies on Monday, following the release of mixed U.S. data on home sales and new factory orders.
During European afternoon trade, the greenback was up against the euro, with EUR/USD shedding 0.74% to hit 1.3690.
The greenback was also up against the yen, with USD/JPY gaining 0.20% to hit 83.37.
But the greenback was down against the pound, with GBP/USD gaining 0.19% to hit 1.5854, after U.K. finance minister George Osborne said Britain was out of the "financial danger zone," but needed to stick to its plans to cut the budget deficit.
The greenback was also down against the Swiss franc, with USD/CHF falling 0.10% to hit 0.9729.
Meanwhile, the greenback was up against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts with USD/CAD adding 0.44% to hit 1.0238, NZD/USD shedding 0.46% to hit 0.7409 and AUD/USD shedding 0.60% to hit 0.9664.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was up 0.46%.
Earlier in the day, industry data showed that U.S. pending home sales rose more-than-expected in August while a sperate report showed that U.S. new factory orders fell more-than-expected during the month.
During European afternoon trade, the greenback was up against the euro, with EUR/USD shedding 0.74% to hit 1.3690.
The greenback was also up against the yen, with USD/JPY gaining 0.20% to hit 83.37.
But the greenback was down against the pound, with GBP/USD gaining 0.19% to hit 1.5854, after U.K. finance minister George Osborne said Britain was out of the "financial danger zone," but needed to stick to its plans to cut the budget deficit.
The greenback was also down against the Swiss franc, with USD/CHF falling 0.10% to hit 0.9729.
Meanwhile, the greenback was up against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts with USD/CAD adding 0.44% to hit 1.0238, NZD/USD shedding 0.46% to hit 0.7409 and AUD/USD shedding 0.60% to hit 0.9664.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was up 0.46%.
Earlier in the day, industry data showed that U.S. pending home sales rose more-than-expected in August while a sperate report showed that U.S. new factory orders fell more-than-expected during the month.