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* Euro up 0.6%
* Dollar index down 0.5%
* Jobs report stops dollar run
* Year-to-date dollar index up 1.3%
By David Henry and Ritvik Carvalho
NEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The dollar lost out to the euro after Friday's U.S. jobs
report suggested that some traders may have over-egged a stronger American recovery from the
coronavirus pandemic.
The euro rose 0.6% against the dollar, its biggest daily gain in two weeks after
the report, which Marc Chandler, strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said did more to force
short-term traders to adjust long-dollar and short-euro positions than it changed the economic
outlook for a U.S. recovery that is stronger than peers.
The dollar index of a basket of currencies was down 0.4%, but still holding a weekly
gain of 0.7%.
"This forces some of the late dollar-longs out," Chandler said. "It doesn't really change
what to expect for Q1 GDP in the U.S. Market positioning is a different story."
The report showed U.S. employment growth rebounded less than expected in January and job
losses the prior month were deeper than initially thought, strengthening the argument for
additional relief money to aid the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The greenback was off 0.1% against the yen at 105.43.
The slight change against the yen, Chandler said, was consistent with yields on U.S.
Treasuries initially changing little in reaction to the report and the support it gives for
additional government stimulus spending.
Analysts and investors have been weighing whether dollar strength this year has been a
temporary reaction to a 7% loss in 2020 or is a longer-lasting shift away from dollar pessimism.
The dollar index is still up 1.3% this year. Its rise has been supported by higher
longer-term U.S. Treasury yields, which prompted traders to position for massive fiscal
spending.
The gauge rose in each of the first four days this week and before the jobs report was on
track for a 1.1% weekly advance, the most since Nov. 1.
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Currency bid prices at 10:17AM (1517 GMT)
Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid
Previous Change
Session
Dollar index 91.1290 91.5270 -0.43% 1.276% +91.6000 +91.0820
Euro/Dollar $1.2025 $1.1961 +0.54% -1.58% +$1.2033 +$1.1952
Dollar/Yen 105.4200 105.5400 -0.10% +2.07% +105.7600 +105.3350
Euro/Yen 126.77 126.25 +0.41% -0.12% +126.9400 +126.1700
Dollar/Swiss 0.9003 0.9044 -0.44% +1.77% +0.9045 +0.8999
Sterling/Dollar $1.3731 $1.3673 +0.43% +0.51% +$1.3736 +$1.3666
Dollar/Canadian 1.2782 1.2824 -0.32% +0.38% +1.2832 +1.2780
Aussie/Dollar $0.7646 $0.7601 +0.61% -0.59% +$0.7655 +$0.7583
Euro/Swiss 1.0826 1.0816 +0.09% +0.18% +1.0833 +1.0808
Euro/Sterling 0.8754 0.8749 +0.06% -2.05% +0.8764 +0.8739
NZ $0.7191 $0.7157 +0.48% +0.14% +$0.7195 +$0.7136
Dollar/Dollar
Dollar/Norway 8.5525 8.6420 -1.08% -0.44% +8.6445 +8.5425
Euro/Norway 10.2869 10.3350 -0.47% -1.72% +10.3435 +10.2620
Dollar/Sweden 8.3986 8.4627 -0.20% +2.47% +8.4816 +8.3879
Euro/Sweden 10.0970 10.1170 -0.20% +0.20% +10.1410 +10.0890
(Reporting by David Henry in New York and Ritvik Carvalho in London; Additional reporting by
Kevin Buckland in Tokyo; Editing by Larry King and Alexander Smith)
