The U.S. dollar traded mixed against major currencies in late New York trading on Friday as investors worried about whether Greek parliament would vote to approve austerity plans and U.S. economic data helped lifted the dollar.
Although Greek government reached agreements on a new 5-year austerity plan with the International Monetary Fund and European Union a day ago, this fiscal measure is subject to parliamentary approval. With Greek opposition party strongly against the new plan, investors doubted whether it would pass through the vote.
The euro was under pressure and slipped to below 1.42 against the dollar in late trading session on Friday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Commerce Department said U.S. durable-goods orders rose 1.9 percent in May, and revised the U.S. real gross domestic product for the first quarter to an increase of 1.9 percent in a separate report. The better-than-expected economic data helped lifted the greenback.
The dollar index rose 0.31 percent to 75.68 on Friday.
In late Friday trading, the dollar bought 80.52 yen, comparing with 80.58 yen late Thursday, and the euro fell to 1.4171 dollars from 1.4208.
The British pound also fell to 1.5974 dollars from 1.5987. The dollar fell from 0.8388 Swiss francs to 0.8377, but rose to 0.9880 Canadian dollars from 0.9799.
