The U.S. Dollar Index got a lift after the release of better-than-expected retail sales data for January. The index, which tracks the greenback against the currencies of a number of the U.S.'s major trading partners, was last up 0.09 ticks, or 0.1%, at 76.405. Just prior to the release of the data, the index was trading around 76.33. Against the Japanese yen, the buck was changing hands at a one-month high of 107.92, vs. pre-data levels of around 107.52. The euro was trading at $1.4572 vs. the dollar, compared with pre-data levels of about $1.4583. The U.S. Commerce Department said January retail sales rose 0.3%, vs. the median estimate of economists surveyed by IFR Markets for a decline of 0.3%. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.3% to the highest level seen since November, topping economist expectations of 0.2% growth.