The dollar fell against a basket of peers on Friday, retreating from a 13-month high hit earlier this week, on lower demand for the safe-haven greenback and some profit-taking, as worries about trade tensions between Washington and Beijing eased. The dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was down 0.56 percent at 96.107, on pace for its worst daily decline in nearly a month. “You had the dollar bought aggressively over the past few months when investors were risk-averse and were seeking safety in the greenback,” said Kathy Lien, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management in New York. Published in Daily Times, August 19th 2018.