US FX: Dollar Strengthens; Emerging Markets Mixed

Dow Jones
11 hours ago

This article was automatically generated using Dow Jones technology.

The U.S. dollar strengthened against most major currencies Friday, and the WSJ Dollar Index dropped 0.2% to 97.10.

In Europe, the euro strengthened 0.2% to $1.12405, and the British pound strengthened 0.2% to $1.3331. The dollar weakened 0.3% against the Swiss franc to 0.8239 francs.

Against the Japanese yen, the dollar 157.997 yen. The pair traded between 157.694 yen and 158.341 yen during the day.

Commodity-linked currencies were mixed. The Australian dollar strengthened 0.3% against the U.S. dollar to 69.44 cents, and against the Canadian dollar, the U.S. dollar weakened 0.3% to C$1.41395.

Among more volatile crosses, the pound strengthened 0.4% against the yen to 210.59 yen, while the Australian dollar strengthened 0.4% against the yen to 109.73 yen.

Emerging market currencies were mixed, as the dollar strengthened 0.5% against the Mexican peso to 18.5068 pesos. The dollar weakened 0.2% against the South African rand to 16.4717 rand, and weakened 0.5% against the Brazilian real to 5.0727 reais.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

 

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