Posted at 10:51 a.m., Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Dollar mixed in foreign exchange markets
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Tuesday. Gold rose.The euro traded at $1.4625, up from $1.4446 late Monday in New York. Later, in midday trading in New York, the euro fetched $1.4616.
Other dollar rates in Europe, compared with late Monday, included 106.54 Japanese yen, up from 105.93; 1.0973 Swiss francs, down from 1.1085; and 1.0239 Canadian dollars, down from 1.0347.
The British pound was quoted at $1.9609, up from $1.9430.
In midday New York trading, the dollar bought 106.73 yen and 1.0986 Swiss francs, while the pound was worth $1.9586.
Gold traded in London at $891.70 per troy ounce, up from $866.70 late Monday. In Zurich, gold traded at $887.50 bid per troy ounce, up from $866.20.
Silver traded in London at $16.06, down from $16.08.
