Dollar buoyed by better-than-expected US trade news
Thursday, August 10th, 2006The dollar pushed higher after better-than-expected US trade data for June.
The Commerce Department said the US trade deficit narrowed a touch to 64.8 bln usd in June, compared with a revised 65.0 bln in May. Wall Street analysts had predicted a June deficit of 64.5 bln, up from the original 63.8 bln estimate for May.