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* Dollar index touches one-week highs * Fed officials keep rate hike talk alive * Japan investors sold net Y3.1 trln foreign bonds last week (Updates prices, adds comments) By Ian Chua and Masayuki Kitano SYDNEY/SINGAPORE, April 9 (Reuters) – The dollar touched a one-week high on Thursday, having enjoyed another leg up after two Read More

* Dollar index at one-week highs, euro dips below $ 1.0800 * Canadian dollar hit by slide in oil prices * Fed officials keep rate hike talk alive By Ian Chua SYDNEY, April 9 (Reuters) – The dollar hovered at one-week highs early on Thursday, having enjoyed another leg up after two influential Federal Reserve Read More

* Dollar reverses early losses * Fed minutes hint at earlier rate hike * Dollar extends gains to three days (Recasts; adds Fed minutes, late prices) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Wednesday, gaining against other leading currencies for a third day, as Federal Reserve minutes showed that Read More

* Dollar/yen dips after BOJ stands pat on monetary policy * FOMC minutes watched for concerns about firm USD * U.S. Q1 earnings could show strong dollar drag (Adds latest prices, quotes and changes byline and dateline; previous LONDON) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters) – The dollar eased on Wednesday, backing away Read More

* Canadian dollar at C$ 1.2428 or 80.46 U.S. cents * Bond prices mixed across the maturity curve TORONTO, April 8 (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as the greenback softened ahead of the release of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting. The U.S. dollar index, Read More

Dollar bulls appear to be back in the driving seat but analysts warn the good times are not expected to last that long as the firm U.S. currency faces a tougher time pushing higher amid mixed economic data and growing signs of a recovery in Europe. The greenback rose almost 1 percent against the euro Read More

The dollar weakened and European bonds rose before the Federal Reserve releases minutes of its March meeting, while crude oil fell ahead of U.S. inventory data. Surging Hong Kong shares pushed Asian stocks to the highest since 2008. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index slipped 0.4 percent by 8:17 a.m. in London, with the euro climbing Read More

* Dollar/yen dips after BOJ stands pat on monetary policy * Aussie adds gains to previous day’s RBA-induced surge (Adds reference to Japanese capital flow data, updates prices) By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, April 8 (Reuters) – The dollar took a step back on Wednesday but retained a bulk of its overnight gains after currency bulls Read More

(Updates prices, adds details, comment) * Dollar bounces off post-payroll troughs, euro below $ 1.09 * Greenback glides to a more than two-week high against the yen * Aussie bumped higher by RBA decision not to cut rates By Daniel Bases NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar recovered lost ground on Tuesday Read More

After the recent fall off, the U.S. dollar and currency-related exchange traded funds may now offer a more attractive entry point for traders seeking to hedge further swings in the foreign exchange market. Since its March 13 high, the PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) , which tracks the price movement of the Read More