FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – The euro rose on Friday. The European Central Bank set the reference rate at 1.0623 (Thursday: 1.0595) dollars. The dollar thus cost 0.9414 (0.9438) euros.
For other important currencies, the ECB set the reference rates for one euro at 0.87488 (0.87820) British pounds, 140.57 (140.18) Japanese yen and 0.9858 (0.9820) Swiss francs./yyzz/ DP/jsl