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Dollar climbs ahead of US jobs data
The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday as investors awaited US jobs data and wages issued later on Friday in search of new evidence to suggest the timing of lifting the Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rates.
And increased the dollar index, which tracks the US currency's performance against a basket of major currencies 0.1% to 93.665. The index fell in the last two weeks after his arrival to its highest level in 11 years in 95.481 January 23.
The US currency fell against the Japanese counterpart and reached 117.30 yen.
However, the dollar climbed against the euro as the European single currency fell 0.3% to $ 1.1445 after rising 1.2% in the previous day. The rise of the euro on Thursday, supported by a speech from the purchase of the Swiss National Bank (Central) for the euro to reduce the value of the Swiss franc.
The euro was up 0.01 percent against the Danish krone up to 7.4441 crowns and traders attributed to the intervention of the Central Bank in Copenhagen to reduce the value of the krone.
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