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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
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AP, LONDON -- The U.S. dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Thursday. Gold fell. The euro traded at $1.4880, down from $1.4916 late Wednesday in New York. Later, in midday trading in New York on Thursday, the euro fetched $1.4877.
Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Wednesday, included 109.63 Japanese yen, up from 109.40; 1.0903 Swiss francs, up from 1.0870; and 1.0616 Canadian dollars, down from 1.0664.
The British pound was quoted at $1.8732, up from $1.8656.
In midday New York trading, the dollar bought 109.66 yen and 1.0905 francs, while the pound was worth $1.8722.
Gold traded in London at $818.00 per troy ounce, down from $818.50 late Wednesday.
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