US FX: Dollar Strengthens; Emerging Markets Firmer

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The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Monday, and the WSJ Dollar Index added 0.1% to 97.20.

In Europe, the euro weakened 0.2% to $1.12125, and the British pound weakened 0.2% to $1.3304. The dollar strengthened 0.3% against the Swiss franc to 0.8267 francs.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.3% to 158.548 yen. The pair traded between 157.7 yen and 158.555 yen during the day.

Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar strengthened 0.5% against the U.S. dollar to 69.80 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar weakened 0.2% to C$1.41135.

Among more volatile crosses, the pound strengthened 0.1% against the yen to 210.91 yen, while the Australian dollar strengthened 0.8% against the yen to 110.65 yen.

Emerging market currencies were broadly stronger, as the dollar weakened 0.3% against the Mexican peso to 18.4342 pesos. The dollar weakened 0.3% against the South African rand to 16.4348 rand, and weakened 0.3% against the Brazilian real to 5.0474 reais.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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