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Forex - Dollar mixed, euro slips lower in thin trade

Published 01/02/2012, 03:21 AM
Updated 01/02/2012, 03:21 AM

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar was mixed against its major counterparts in holiday-thinned trade on Monday, while the euro slipped lower against both the greenback and the yen at the start of the New Year.

During late Asian trade, the dollar was slightly higher against the euro and the yen, with EUR/USD slipping 0.13% to hit 1.2937 and USD/JPY easing up 0.14% to hit 76.19.

The single currency dipped 0.03% against the yen, with EUR/JPY trading at 99.67, after falling below JPY100 for the first time since December 2000 on Friday.

The greenback was higher against the pound but slipped against the Swiss franc, with GBP/USD down 0.35% to trade at 1.5494 and USD/CHF losing 0.14% to hit 0.9376.

Elsewhere, the greenback was lower against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand cousins, with USD/CAD shedding 0.31% to hit 1.0183, AUD/USD easing up 0.14% to hit 1.0221 and NZD/USD rising 0.12% to hit 0.7781.

The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was at 80.58, unchanged from Friday.

The moves came as financial markets from Japan to the U.K. and the U.S. were to remain closed for the New Year holiday.


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