{"id":45712,"date":"2013-07-08T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/forex-market-update-dollar-index-eases-as-investors-book-profits\/45709\/"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:09:16","slug":"forex-market-update-dollar-index-eases-as-investors-book-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/forex-market-update-dollar-index-eases-as-investors-book-profits\/45712\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Market Update: Dollar Index Eases as Investors Book Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. dollar index eased on Monday, as investors booked profits after the index climbed to a 3-year high in the Asian trading session.; nonetheless, market analysts expect the U.S. dollar to carry on its uptrend amid rising speculation that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/federal-reserve-system-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Reserve<\/a> would soon start to taper its multi-billion dollar bond purchase program.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-45712\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Labor Department\u2019s monthly non-farm payrolls data showed more-than-expected job additions in June, fanning speculation of early tapering of QE3.<\/p>\n<p>While CNBC\u2019s latest poll showed that economists expect the winding up of QE3 to start by November, some analysts, according Reuters anticipate the scaling down could start as early as September.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. dollar index, a gauge on U.S. unit\u2019s performance against a basket of six major traded currencies, edged down 0.25% to 84.341, having hit a session high of\u00a0 84.588, its highest level since July 2010&#8212;showed a data provided by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting over the dollar\u2019s pause, Ulrich Leuchtmann, head of FX research at Commerzbank, said, \u201cThe dollar&#8217;s strength over the course of last week was especially swift, I think the speed was overdone and so this setback is normal,\u201d said Ulrich Leuchtmann, head of FX research at Commerzbank. \u201cNow markets are positioned to take profits from these moves, but this is simply a pause,\u201d according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the euro turned sharply higher against the U.S. dollar amid news reports that Greece will receive its next tranche of financial aid from international investors.<\/p>\n<p>At last check, the euro gained 0.30% against the dollar to trade at $1.2849.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"nr_popular_placeholder\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/forex-market-update-dollar-index-eases-as-investors-book-profits\/45712\" data-title=\"Forex Market Update: Dollar Index Eases as Investors Book Profits\"><\/div>\n<p><script id=\"mNCC\" language=\"javascript\">  medianet_width='600'; 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