US FX: Dollar Strengthens; Emerging Markets Weaker

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The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Tuesday, and the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.2% to 97.22.

In Europe, the euro strengthened 0.1% to $1.11925, and the British pound strengthened 0.1% to $1.3414. The dollar strengthened 0.3% against the Swiss franc to 0.821 francs.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.5% to 158.731 yen. The pair traded between 157.75 yen and 158.77 yen during the day.

Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar weakened 0.5% against the U.S. dollar to 69.65 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar strengthened 0.2% to C$1.40095.

Among more volatile crosses, the pound strengthened 0.5% against the yen to 212.9 yen, while the Australian dollar was mostly unchanged against the yen at 110.53 yen.

Emerging market currencies were broadly weaker, as the dollar strengthened 1.4% against the Mexican peso to 18.8411 pesos. The dollar strengthened 0.1% against the South African rand to 16.6296 rand, and strengthened 1.1% against the Brazilian real to 5.4961 reais.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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