This article was automatically generated using Dow Jones technology.
The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Wednesday, and the WSJ Dollar Index gained 0.2% to 97.56.
In Europe, the euro weakened 0.4% to $1.11555, and the British pound weakened 0.5% to $1.3191. The dollar strengthened 0.3% against the Swiss franc to 0.8349 francs.
Against the Japanese yen, the dollar 158.33 yen. The pair traded between 158.049 yen and 158.955 yen during the day.
Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar weakened 0.2% against the U.S. dollar to 69.71 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar strengthened 0.2% to C$1.42385.
Among more volatile crosses, the pound weakened 0.5% against the yen to 208.87 yen, while the Australian dollar weakened 0.1% against the yen to 110.39 yen.
Emerging market currencies were mixed, as the dollar strengthened 0.7% against the Mexican peso to 18.4897 pesos. The dollar strengthened 0.7% against the South African rand to 16.601 rand, and was mostly unchanged against the Brazilian real at 5.0295 reais.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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