Investing.com - The U.S. dollar turned higher against other major currencies on Friday, after the U.S. Congress managed to pass a two-year budget agreement, ending a brief government shutdown.
The agreement will boost federal spending by almost $300 billion and suspend the debt ceiling for a year.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was up 0.16% at 90.33 by 08:00 a.m. ET (12:00 GMT), re-approaching the previous session's two-and-a-half week high of 90.46.
The euro was steady, with EUR/USD at 1.2242, while GBP/USD declined 0.86% to 1.3793.
Earlier Friday, data showed that UK manufacturing production rose 0.3% in December, in line with expectations, while industrial production dropped 1.3%, disappointing expectations for a 0.9% fall.
A separate report showed that the UK trade deficit widened to £13.58 billion in December from a revised £12.46 the previous month, while analysts had expected the deficit to narrow to £11.50 billion.
The yen and the Swiss franc were little changed, with USD/JPY at 108.75 and with USD/CHF at 0.9365.
Elsewhere, the Australian dollar was almost unchanged, with AUD/USD at 0.7786, while NZD/USD added 0.15% to 0.7227.
Meanwhile, USD/CAD rose 0.12% to trade at 1.2617 ahead of the release of monthly Canadian employment data due later in the day.