The exchange rate of the US dollar was unchanged against the Kuwaiti dinar on Thursday, currently at KD 0.285, while the euro lost ground to come to KD 0.373, said the exchange rate bulletin of the Central Bank of Kuwait. The bulletin said the pound sterling gained to KD 0.432, the yen kept to its long-etched KD 0.003, and the Swiss franc dropped to KD 0.301. Exchange markets are in mixed mood at present as the dollar and pound gain in tandem with the losses of the euro, as US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses Congress today, saying the US economy was in less danger most recently. In the UK, reports indicate possible economic improvement next year due to the support of the asset purchase program and an overall improved global economic state