FOREX-Dollar rises vs euro, yen on US housing data
NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the euro and climbed to session highs versus the yen on Monday after U.S. existing home sales for February came in better than expected.
The euro fell 0.3 percent against the dollar to $1.5380 EUR=, from $1.5420 just before. Against the yen, the dollar jumped to the day's highs at 100.29 yen JPY=, from 99.95 yen just before.
Data on Monday showed U.S. existing home sales rose 2.9 percent last month. For details, see [ID:nN24322776]. (Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Tom Hals)
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