U.S. Dollar falls as GDP contracts

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The U.S. Dollar slightly weakened on Friday session falling against the Japanese Yen and the Euro after a government report showed that the U.S. gross domestic product contracted for the first time since 2011. The Greenback index lost 0.1% and was last seen at 80.456, while the currency itself fell 0.2% to 101.55 yen and was traded at $1.3603 versus the euro-area currency.

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