NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar soared in late trading on Friday after data showed U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in January.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, increased 1.16 percent to 102.9340.
In late New York trading, the euro was down to 1.0803 U.S. dollars from 1.0908 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.2054 U.
