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Dollar deepens losses after US monthly jobs report
2021-05-07 20:15:20 GMT
(Economies.com)
The US dollar slumped against its peers on Friday, after the release of a disappointing monthly jobs report.
Data showed that the US economy has added 266,000 jobs during April, worse than forecasts of 990,000 jobs.
The US unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in April from 6% in March, while analysts forecast a drop to 5.8%.
Chinese data showed today that the country's service PMI rose to 56.3 points in April, beating forecasts of 54.2 points.
The Chinese trade balance recorded a surplus of 277 billion yuan, better than forecasts of 130 billion yuan.
The dollar index fell against a basket of currencies by 0.8% to 90.2 points as of 19:42 GMT, after it hit a high of 90.9 points and a low of 90.2 points.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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1.1929
|
0.0027
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0.2302%
|
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|
|
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1.3919
|
0.0025
|
0.1807%
|
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Tadawul
|
10919.68
|
6.62
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0.06%
|
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25.937
|
-0.051
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0.198%
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73.229
|
1.403
|
1.953%
|
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75.56
|
0.32
|
0.43%
|
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|
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1775.525
|
-2.865
|
0.161%
|
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