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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar softened against major currencies Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced billions in additional quantitative easing measures. The U.S. dollar index (DXY 76.43, -0.29, -0.38%) slid to 76.406 from 76.735 a few minutes before the announcement. One euro bought $1.4099 versus $1.4056 ahead of the release and the U.S. dollar bought 80.74 Japanese yen compared with 81.37 earlier.