The dollar marked time in Asia on Monday after signs of wage pressure in the December U.S. jobs report proved enough to lift Treasury yields, but with bulls wary of a setback following last week's wave of profit-taking. A holiday in Tokyo kept trading light and the dollar index was barley changed at 102.22 . Near the middle of last week's wide 101.30 to 103.82 range. The dollar was a fraction firmer on the yen at 117.30, with near-term resistance put at 117.77 and support around 116.80/90.
It had already recovered all the way from a 115.06 trough on Friday, but remains well short of the next major chart target around 118.60. The euro was steady at $1.0534, after ricocheting between $1.0339 and $1.0621 last week. There were enough hints of inflationary pressure in Friday's mixed U.S. payrolls report to support the case for more interest rate hikes and reverse a down move in yields and the dollar.
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