* Dollar index touches fresh 11-year high * Strong payrolls raise bets of earlier Fed hike * Eurogroup meeting to discuss Greece up next By Ian Chua SYDNEY, March 9 (Reuters) – The dollar drifted to a fresh 11-year high against a basket of major currencies early on Monday, remaining in favour as markets wagered Read More
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The dollar index fell on Friday amid month-end selling but was still on track for a record eighth month of gains on better data and comments from Federal Reserve officials that bolstered bets for a rate rise later this year. The Swedish crown rose to a one-month high of 9.3250 crowns per euro after data Read More
LONDON: The dollar index slipped on Friday, pegged back by month-end selling, but was still on track for its eighth straight month of gains on better data and comments from Federal Reserve officials that bolstered bets for a rate rise this year. The index, which measures Read More
New York (AFP) – A robust US jobs report Friday sent the dollar soaring, driving a sell-off in the oil market that left the US futures benchmark back below $ 50 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate for delivery in April slid $ 1.15 to $ 49.61 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, ending near its Read More
NEWYORK (MarketWatch) — The ICE U.S. Dollar Index rose for the second- straight week Friday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s February nonfarm payrolls number exceeded expectations and the euro dropped to its Read More
* Dollar index at 11-1/2-year high * U.S. jobs data for February unexpectedly strong * Euro dips under $ 1.09; ECB to start bond buying next week (Adds quotes, Treasury yield increases, futures action and late prices) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) – The dollar jumped to an 11-1/2-year high against a Read More
* Dollar index at new 11 1/2-year high * U.S. jobs data unexpectedly strong * Euro dips under $ 1.09; ECB to start bond buying next week (Adds dollar gains, U.S. jobs data, quotes and changes byline and dateline; previous LONDON) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) – The dollar jumped on Friday Read More
(Refiles to add dropped word ‘Greece’ in eighth paragraph) * Dollar index hits 11-year high, jobs data next test * Euro struggles, ECB to start bond buying next week * Swiss franc reserves suggest SNB didn’t intervene in Feb By Ahmed Aboulenein LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – The dollar hit an 11-1/2 year high against Read More
* Dollar index hovers near 11-year high, jobs data next test * Euro struggles, ECB to start bond buying next week * Swiss franc reserves suggest SNB didn’t intervene in Feb (Updates after start of European trade, changes dateline from previous SYDNEY/TOKYO) By Patrick Graham LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) – The dollar resumed its rise Read More
(Bloomberg) — The dollar headed for its biggest weekly advance against major peers since January before data on the U.S. jobs market. Asian stocks rose and oil in New York climbed. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is up 1.1 percent this week, with the greenback near an 11-year high to the euro at 7:19 a.m. Read More