NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar remained higher against most of its major rivals on Friday after data showed a rise in June import prices and a narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit in May. The dollar index (DXY 80.36, +0.49, +0.62%) , a measure of the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, recently traded at 80.402, up from 79.879 in late North American trading on Thursday. The euro fell 0.8% to $1.3906 and the British pound dropped 0.8% to $1.6202. The dollar, however, fell 0.8% against the Japanese currency to 92.16 yen.
