This article was automatically generated using Dow Jones technology.
The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Tuesday, and the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 97.36.
In Europe, the euro strengthened 0.4% to $1.11995, and the British pound strengthened 0.4% to $1.3253. The dollar weakened 0.2% against the Swiss franc to 0.8329 francs.
Against the Japanese yen, the dollar weakened 0.2% to 158.354 yen. The pair traded between 157.833 yen and 158.71 yen during the day.
Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar strengthened 0.3% against the U.S. dollar to 69.84 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar weakened 0.5% to C$1.42185.
Among more volatile crosses, the pound strengthened 0.2% against the yen to 209.87 yen, while the Australian dollar strengthened 0.2% against the yen to 110.58 yen.
Emerging market currencies were mixed, as the dollar strengthened 0.6% against the Mexican peso to 18.3781 pesos. The dollar weakened 0.3% against the South African rand to 16.4906 rand, and strengthened 0.7% against the Brazilian real to 5.022 reais.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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