The greenback continued to trade higher against most major currencies Monday after comments by Russian Finance Minister about the dollar.
The dollar climbed to $1.3954 per euro from $1.4016 in New York last week. The U.S. currency advanced to $1.6383 versus the British pound from $1.6443, and rose to 1.0822 Swiss francs from 1.0791 francs
The euro declined to 137.18 yen from 137.89 yen. The Australian dollar dropped 0.7 percent to 79.43 yen and the New Zealand dollar weakened 0.9 percent to 62.70 yen. The yen traded at 98.30 per dollar from 98.43.
Asian currencies declined as regional stocks fell. South Korea’s won slipped 0.5 percent to 1,260.15 per dollar and Indonesia’s rupiah dropped 0.6 percent to 10,160.
The Dollar Index, which the ICE uses to track the currency against the euro, yen, pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar and Swedish krona, rose 0.4 percent to 80.446.
New Zealand’s currency snapped two days of gains versus the U.S. dollar, paring its 21 percent gain in the past three months.
