Forex Market Update

The dollar tumbled against its major rivals Thursday after retail-sales slumped for the second month and weekly jobless-claims data revealed a surprising jump.

The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, -0.25% a measure of the buck’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six rivals, declined for the first time in four sessions. It lost 0.84% and fell to 94.1000.

The shared currency EURUSD, +0.27%  traded at $1.1410, compared with $1.1318 Wednesday.

The pound GBPUSD, +0.20%  traded at $1.5399, compared with $1.5209 Wednesday.