Forex Pros – The U.S. dollar was mixed against its major rivals on Monday, as risk appetite improved after data on Friday showed that the U.S. economy added significantly fewer than expected jobs in January, but the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a 21-month low.
During European morning trade, the greenback was down against the euro, with EUR/USD rising 0.19% to hit 1.3606.
The greenback was also down against the pound, with GBP/USD climbing 0.3% to hit 1.6156.
Elsewhere, the greenback was up against the yen and the Swiss franc, with USD/JPY rising 0.19% to hit 82.33 and USD/CHF gaining 0.26% to hit 0.9576.
Meanwhile, the greenback was up against its Canadian and New Zealand counterparts but down against its Australian cousin, with USD/CAD easing up 0.1% to hit 0.9882, NZD/USD dipping 0.05% to hit 0.7696 and AUD/USD edging up 0.04% to hit 1.0139.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Australian retail sales rose less-than-expected in December.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.13%.
Later in the day, the U.S. was to release a government report on consumer credit.
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