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The dollar, traded against a basket of major currencies, rose as high as 92.566, the highest since Jan. 10, before retracing to 92.454.

In currencies, the dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against six major peers, traded at 92.478 at 2:56 p.m. HK / SIN, below the 92.8 handle touched on Wednesday and under a four - month high hit in the last session.

MARKETS: The dollar held near a four - month high against a basket of major currencies, buoyed by the outlook for a strong U.S. economy and rising yields amid signs of slowdown elsewhere, especially in Europe.

NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters)- The U.S. dollar rose to four - month highs against a basket of major currencies and world stock indexes mostly edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting and possible indications on the interest rate outlook.

The dollar's index against a basket of six major currencies stood at 91.561, steady on the day but down from Friday's high of 91.986, its...

In the currency markets, the differing messages of the world's major central banks on inflation and monetary policy prodded the dollar higher against the yen ahead of a series of appearances by U.S. Federal Reserve officials this week.

The dollar index against the world's major currencies is at a four month high with the interest rate gap set to widen between the dollar and euro - zone as the US Federal Reserve plans several more rate hikes this year.

Currency strategists gave weaker exchange rate forecasts for major emerging countries such as China, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in the monthly survey, pointing to a sixth straight year of dollar gains against most high - yielding currencies.

The externals have been mixed so far this week with the global equity markets in a light round of profit taking selling while the U.S. dollar is correcting to the downside after hitting new highs against most major currency pairs.

Now if Fed decides to exit or even taper its QE policy, it will give rise to a highly bullish trend in US Dollar Index which has already gone higher against its major rival currencies.

Gold recovered as the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six major currencies, slid 0.21 % to 92.09, pulling back from Tuesday's four - month highs of 92.37.

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 dollar slipped against the other major Asian currencies on Thursday morning after it jumped to this year's new high while the Federal Reserve kept the interest rate unchanged.

This sentiment was most noticeable in currency markets, where the euro continued to move higher against many other major currencies.

With improving employment figures, higher domestic production of commodities and a rise in levels of consumer confidence, the dollar rose in value against major currencies around the world, climbing to $ 1.49 against the pound in the first half of 2015.

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: FOREIGN EXCHANGE By Gordon Platt The euro was the star of the major currencies in January, as it soared to a 14 - month high against the dollar and a 33 - month high against the Japanese yen.

They are also worried that despite the huge crash in value of the Naira against world's major currencies, CBN maintained its official rate at N197 / USD1 thereby creating wider parallel market margin of about 50 per cent, the highest so far in the history of Nigeria's currency market.

In the currency markets today, the U.S. dollar moved up to multi-year highs against the Japanese yen and other major currencies as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made comments that the U.S. central bank could slow down its asset purchasing program soon.

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Investing.com — The dollar retreated from a fresh five - month high against a basket of major currencies as a rout of the euro eased, prompting traders to take profits on the...

US dollar continues to grow strong against major global currencies as bond yields hit new high during yesterday's trading session.As US dollar index hit a 5 month

Sure enough, the Greenback surged higher against its major peers, but the currency is still just slightly off its 2 - yesr lows against the Euro, so there is ample room for a correction without endangering the underlying trend.