Forex Pros – The U.S. dollar was mixed against the other majors on Thursday, after official U.S. data on durable goods orders and initial unemployment claims came in broadly on target. During European afternoon trade, the greenback was down against the euro, with EUR/USD gaining 0.02% to hit 1.2314. Earlier Thursday, official data showed that while U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending June 12 fell slightly more than expected, new orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods, excluding transportation items, rose at a slightly slower pace than expected in May. Also Thursday, official data showed that industrial new orders in the euro zone grew at a slower rate than forecast in April, rising 0.9% during the month, after climbing 5.1% in March. The greenback was also down against the pound and the yen, with GBP/USD climbing 0.18% to hit 1.4984 and USD/JPY shedding 0.59% to hit 89.28. The yens gains came after Japan’s Finance Ministry said late Wednesday that the country’s export growth slowed for a third month in May. Exports rose 32.1% from a year earlier, but were down on April’s figure of 40.4%. The greenback was also down against the Swiss franc, with USD/CHF shedding 0.2% to hit 1.1031. But the greenback was up against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts, with USD/CAD rising 0.5% to hit 1.045, AUD/USD falling 0.85% to hit 0.8664 and NZD/USD plunging 1.05% to hit 0.706. The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.02%.

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