The dollar dropped Thursday as Germany and France returned to economic growth and U.S. retail sales slipped unexpectedly last month.
The 16-nation euro rose to $1.4265 in late trading from $1.4214 late Wednesday, while the British pound gained to $1.6556 from $1.6511.
The dollar dropped to 95.13 Japanese yen from 96.23 yen.
On Thursday, Europe's two biggest economies, Germany and France, unexpectedly said their respective gross domestic product rose 0.3 percent in the second quarter.
That technically ends the recession in both countries. In the first quarter, Germany shrank 3.5 percent and France contracted 1.3 percent.
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