USD/CHF bounced from lows and trimmed intraday losses as the dollar recovered ground following higher-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls data.

USD/CHF had fallen to a 5-month low of 0.9552 but helped by an upbeat jobs report the pair managed to recover nearly half a cent. At time of writing, USD/CHF is trading at 0.9589, still down 0.26% on the day.

Data showed US economy added 215K jobs in March, beating expectations of a 205K gain but below the 242K of February. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate edged up to 5.0% in March from 4.9% the previous month.

USD/CHF bounced from lows and trimmed intraday losses as the dollar recovered ground following higher-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls data.


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