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U.S. consumer sentiment pulled back in late August from earlier in the month but still improved from late July in the face of dismal labor and housing conditions, a private survey released Friday showed.

The modest pickup in consumer mood came after a drop in July to the lowest level since November, according to Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers.

The survey's final August reading on the overall index of consumer sentiments was 68.9, below the 69.6 earlier this month but above the 67.8 at the end of July.

Analysts had expected a final August figure of 69.6.