The Swiss KOF indictor, due at 0800 GMT, is forecast to fall to 1.35 in December from 1.50 previously.

The dollar rose 0.4 percent on the day to 0.9214 francs, according to EBS data.

The euro was also up marginally on the day at 1.2106 francs, near a 3-week high of 1.21075 francs.

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