Investing.com – The U.S. dollar was up against all of its major counterparts on Monday, as the dollar recouped some losses following Friday’s weak jobs data and after remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
During European morning trade, the greenback was up against the euro, with EUR/USD tumbling 0.90% to hit 1.3294.
In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" aired Sunday, Bernanke said it could be four to five years before the U.S. returned to a more normal jobless rate but that the U.S. economy was not likely to fall back into a recession.
Meanwhile, earlier Monday data showed that investor confidence in the euro zone dropped significantly more-than-expected in December.
The greenback was also up against the pound with GBP/USD shedding 0.50% to hit 1.5691.
Elsewhere, the greenback was up against the yen and the Swiss franc, with USD/JPY gaining 0.18% to hit 82.69 and USD/CHF climbing 0.51% to hit 0.9786.
In addition, the greenback was up against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts, with USD/CAD rising 0.16% to hit 1.0054, AUD/USD shedding 0.53% to hit 0.9877 and NZD/USD dropping 0.69% to hit 0.7607.
Earlier in the day, data showed that Australian job advertising posted its seventh consecutive monthly rise in November.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was up 0.69%.
Later Monday, euro zone finance ministers were due to meet in Brussels. The ministers faced pressure to increase the size of a EUR 750 billion safety net for indebted euro members, in order to arrest sovereign debt contagion in the single currency bloc.
During European morning trade, the greenback was up against the euro, with EUR/USD tumbling 0.90% to hit 1.3294.
In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" aired Sunday, Bernanke said it could be four to five years before the U.S. returned to a more normal jobless rate but that the U.S. economy was not likely to fall back into a recession.
Meanwhile, earlier Monday data showed that investor confidence in the euro zone dropped significantly more-than-expected in December.
The greenback was also up against the pound with GBP/USD shedding 0.50% to hit 1.5691.
Elsewhere, the greenback was up against the yen and the Swiss franc, with USD/JPY gaining 0.18% to hit 82.69 and USD/CHF climbing 0.51% to hit 0.9786.
In addition, the greenback was up against its Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts, with USD/CAD rising 0.16% to hit 1.0054, AUD/USD shedding 0.53% to hit 0.9877 and NZD/USD dropping 0.69% to hit 0.7607.
Earlier in the day, data showed that Australian job advertising posted its seventh consecutive monthly rise in November.
The dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was up 0.69%.
Later Monday, euro zone finance ministers were due to meet in Brussels. The ministers faced pressure to increase the size of a EUR 750 billion safety net for indebted euro members, in order to arrest sovereign debt contagion in the single currency bloc.