US FX: Dollar Strengthens; Emerging Markets Weaker

Dow Jones11-11 05:01

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The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Tuesday, and the WSJ Dollar Index rose 0.5% to 97.56.

In Europe, the euro weakened 0.6% to $1.11635, and the British pound weakened 0.7% to $1.3343. The dollar strengthened 0.7% against the Swiss franc to 0.8255 francs.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.6% to 158.811 yen. The pair traded between 157.87 yen and 158.855 yen during the day.

Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar weakened 0.9% against the U.S. dollar to 68.65 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar strengthened 0.5% to C$1.41895.

Among more volatile crosses, the pound weakened 0.2% against the yen to 211.91 yen, while the Australian dollar weakened 0.3% against the yen to 109.02 yen.

Emerging market currencies were broadly weaker, as the dollar strengthened 0.5% against the Mexican peso to 18.629 pesos. The dollar strengthened 1.0% against the South African rand to 16.5348 rand, and strengthened 1.4% against the Brazilian real to 5.587 reais.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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