U.S. Bond Yields Help Lift Dollar Higher – 14 May, 2018

The dollar index agains a basket of major currencies was up 0.1 percent to 92.638, pulling out of a one week slump as tensions with global trade pushed U.S. bond yields higher. The dollar rose against the yen to by 0.1 percent to 109.74 yen, while the euro edge up by 0.1 percent to $1.1934.