Dollar Firms Against Yen With Trade Talk Optimism – 17 January, 2019

A consideration to ease up trade tariffs between the U.S. and China supported an appetite for risk with the dollar steady against the yen on the optimistic outlook. For the fourth straight day, the dollar gained 0.1 percent against the yen to 109.35 yen, just below the two week high of 109.40 it had reached overnight. After hitting a two week high of 96.264, the dollar index was flat for the day against six major peers at 96.056.