US Session – Dollar extends gains, oil dips
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 7:45 pm GMTThe U.S. dollar strengthened against most major counterparts today after two positive economic reports. One report showed that U.S. Service sector activity expanded at the strongest pace in 6 months. The September ISM non-manufacturing index rose to 55.1 from 53.7. The U.S. services sector makes up 80 percent of the economy and so this helped lift sentiment. Meanwhile, earlier in the day the ADP report showed that private U.S. employers added more jobs last month than expected, creating 162,000 jobs. [..]