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The dollar hit its highest level against a basket of currencies so far in 2018 as investors increased bets that rising interest rates in the United States would boost the greenback, while traders unwound their bearish positions on the currency. The index that tracks the dollar against a basket of currencies climbed to 92.974, its highest since December. It was last up 0.2 percent at 92.792.
Speculators trimmed their bets on a falling dollar to the lowest in seven weeks last week, based on data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday.
Friday's somewhat disappointing US payrolls report, which showed hiring and wage growth fell short of expectations, did not alter traders' outlook for further rate increases from the Federal Reserve. "Nevertheless, the data was still expansionary, showing tepid but positive growth," Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management in New York, said of the April jobs data.
Traders have scaled back expectations on the timing of when the European Central Bank may raise interest rates following a spate of disappointing regional economic readings.
The euro broke below $1.19 for the first time this year in the aftermath of weaker-than-expected data on German industrial orders and euro zone investor sentiment. The euro shed 0.33 percent at $1.1918 after touching $1.1896, the lowest in more than four months.
The British pound traded up 0.25 percent at $1.3560, bouncing off a four-month low of $1.3487 set last week. Sterling has slumped in the past fortnight as investors reversed expectations of a rate hike at the Bank of England's upcoming meeting on Thursday amid soft domestic data. UK financial markets were closed for a bank holiday. The NZ kiwi was down 0.2 percent at $0.7008, holding above its year-to-date low of $0.6985 set last week, Reuters data showed.

Copyright Reuters, 2018

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