With a couple notable exceptions, the consensus on the street appears to be that the single currency will rise to 1.25 or 1.30
against the greenback by the end of the year, supported by accelerating economic growth in the Eurozone and an end to the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing program.
Not exact matches
The euro, which has been knocked
by weaker - than - expected economic data and growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy, fell 0.67 percent
against the
greenback to $ 1.998.
Russia's sovereign credit rating was recently downgraded
by ratings agency Moody's, while its currency slumped to record lows
against the
greenback amid ongoing incursions in Ukraine and the risk of harsher sanctions from the West.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's hryvnia has dropped nearly 80 percent
against the
greenback this year, to trade at 15,7085 per $ 1 on Monday, off last month's all - time low of 15,8817, weighed
by tensions between government forces and rebels in the country's eastern regions.
In April however the single currency has fallen rapidly to a four - month low
against the dollar, with the
greenback buoyed
by the U.S. Treasury yields topping three percent and expectations the Federal Reserve will further raise interest rates.
The Japanese yen is the overall winner
against the
greenback, underpinned
by another bad day in Wall Street.
Based on the U.S. Dollar Index, the
greenback has slid so far this year
by 9.4 %
against rival currencies.
Mumbai: The rupee firmed
by 13 paise to 66.53
against the dollar in early trade on Thursday on increased selling of the
greenback by exporters and banks.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the
greenback's strength
against a basket of six major currencies, was up 0.67 % to 92.24
by 10:21 AM ET (14:21 GMT), the highest level since January 11.
The possibility of a demand for second referendum
by Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, and EU's tough stand
against Britain made us forecast Pound's decline
against the
Greenback, on March 2nd.