Dollar stays bullish on resilient U.S. jobs market

benefits dropped to a three-month low last week while layoffs fell 43% in December, data on Thursday showed.

Against a basket of currencies, the U.S. dollar index jumped 0.9% to a nearly one-month peak of 105.27 overnight. It was last 0.03% higher at 105.15, and was on track for a weekly gain of more than 1.5%, the largest since September. The surge in the greenback knocked sterling to a six-week low of $1.1873 overnight. It was last 0.12% higher at $1.1922.

Against the Japanese yen , the dollar rose 0.6% to hit a one-week top of 134.045 yen overnight, and last bought 133.44 yen.

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