Dollar surges on after durable data boost

With U.S. markets out for the Thanksgiving holiday, trade is expected to be thinner, and the dollar set a series of new landmarks in early trade in Europe, extending its surge after another strong batch of U.S. economic data on Wednesday. "Certainly today’s thinner holiday trade on account of US Thanksgiving is more than capable of triggering this next downside extension," analysts from London-based currency exchange LMAX said of the euro in a morning note. The dollar's surge is based on a