Dollar slips as China-US trade worries ebb

Author: Agencies

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.

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