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* 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

(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose while the dollar held gains, with a gauge measuring the U.S. currency against major peers headed for its biggest weekly advance since January, before data on the U.S. jobs market. Oil in New York climbed. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.6 percent by 1:06 p.m. in Tokyo, paring its Read More

* Dollar index hovers at 11-year high, jobs data next test * Euro still struggling even as ECB goes negative on yields * ECB starts bond buying next week, lifts economic outlook By Ian Chua SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) – The dollar hovered at 11-year highs against a basket of major currencies early on Friday Read More

* Euro falls below $ 1.10 on dovish worries * ECB to begin bond buying next week * Dollar index touches new highs (Adds late prices, currency quotes and context) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuters) – The euro fell below $ 1.10 for the first time since 2003 on Thursday and the Read More

* Euro dips to nearly $ 1.10 on dovish worries * ECB to begin bond buying next week * Dollar index touches fresh highs (Recasts, adds euro sell-off, quotes; changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuters) – The euro slumped on Thursday to record lows just above $ 1.10 Read More

* Euro falls below $ 1.10 on dovish worries * ECB to begin bond buying next week * Dollar index touches new highs (Adds euro’s extended fall and dip under $ 1.10, updates prices) By Michael Connor NEW YORK, March 5 (Reuters) – The euro fell on Thursday below $ 1.10 for the first time Read More