The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies Monday as investors awaited important economic data due out later this week.
Worries that U.S. corporate tax cut could be delayed to 2019 have sent the greenback down lately, but the dollar was on a firm footing on Monday ahead of major economic data, such as inflation and jobless claims.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.11 percent at 94.496 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1668 dollars from 1.1660 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.3116 dollars from 1.3200 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar declined to 0.7625 dollar from 0.7659 dollar.
The dollar bought 113.62 Japanese yen, higher than 113.56 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar dropped to 0.9961 Swiss franc from 0.9962 Swiss franc, and it was up to 1.2728 Canadian dollars from 1.2686 Canadian dollars.
Worries that U.S. corporate tax cut could be delayed to 2019 have sent the greenback down lately, but the dollar was on a firm footing on Monday ahead of major economic data, such as inflation and jobless claims.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.11 percent at 94.496 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1668 dollars from 1.1660 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.3116 dollars from 1.3200 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar declined to 0.7625 dollar from 0.7659 dollar.
The dollar bought 113.62 Japanese yen, higher than 113.56 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar dropped to 0.9961 Swiss franc from 0.9962 Swiss franc, and it was up to 1.2728 Canadian dollars from 1.2686 Canadian dollars.
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