Dollar Loses Ground

The dollar fell slightly against major currencies Monday as the German mark gained strength in Europe from France’s continuing public worker strikes.

The U.S. currency also fell against the Japanese yen, which analysts said rose mainly for technical reasons.

The dollar would have fallen further against world currencies, but was buoyed by rallies in the U.S. stock and bond markets.

Exchange Currency in Dollars Dollar in foreign currency Canada .7317 1.3666 France .2002 4.9950 Germany .6949 1.390 Great Britain 1.5325 .6525 Italy .000625 1600.36 Japan .009881 101.20 Mexico .131926 7.5800