Dollar touches 20-year high, but kept in check by euro, as rates in focus
The dollar index, which measures the currency’s value against a basket of peers, scaled a fresh two-decade peak of 109.48 before retreating.The greenback was up 0.73% against Japan’s yen, while Britain’s pound notched a fresh 2-1/2 year low in thin trading, with the UK on a public holiday.
