Aussie Dollar climbs

At 0635 AEST on Thursday, the local unit was trading at 77.04 US cents, up from 76.92 cents on Tuesday.

The US dollar has been falling since data on Friday showed that the US economy added 255,000 jobs in July, 75,000 more than economists had expected.

CURRENCY SNAPSHOT AT 0635 AEST ON THURSDAY

One Australian dollar buys:

* 77.04 US cents, from 76.92 cents on Wednesday

* 77.98 Japanese yen, from 78.16 yen

* 68.92 euro cents, from 69.04 euro cents