Investing.com - The U.S. dollar traded mixed against its major rivals during Monday’s Asian session, but the greenback did rally against the Japanese yen following some encouraging economic data points.
In Asian trading Monday, EUR/USD inched up 0.04% to 1.3229 after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said over the weekend that other euro zone members must follow her country’s lead in tightening their budgets.
Merkel’s comments come after French President Francois Hollande said the European sovereign debt crisis is over. Finance ministers from Germany, France, Italy and Spain, the euro zone’s four largest economies, meet in Rome later this week.
USD/JPY jumped 0.30% to 97.84 after Japan revised its first-quarter GDP reading to show growth of 4.1%. The initial reading was 3.5% growth.
In a separate report, the Ministry of Finance said that Japan’s current account balance rose to a seasonally adjusted JPY850 billion from JPY340 billion in April. Analysts expected an increase to JPY390 billion.
GBP/USD inched up 0.03% to 1.5557 while USD/CHF fell 0.09% to 0.9352. USD/CAD fell 0.13% to 1.0186 as oil prices traded slightly higher.
In U.S. economic news delivered last Friday, the U.S. Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May, but added the unemployment rate rose to 7.6% from 7.5%. The April reading was revised lower to 149,000 from 165,000 while the March reading was revised down to 138,000 from 142,000.
AUD/USD fell 0.41% to 0.9454, a 20-month low for the pair, amid a spate of disappointing Chinese economic data released over the weekend. NZD/USD followed suit, dropping 0.16% to 0.7868. China is the largest export partner for both Australia and New Zealand.
The U.S. Dollar Index nudged up 0.04% to 81.96.
In Asian trading Monday, EUR/USD inched up 0.04% to 1.3229 after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said over the weekend that other euro zone members must follow her country’s lead in tightening their budgets.
Merkel’s comments come after French President Francois Hollande said the European sovereign debt crisis is over. Finance ministers from Germany, France, Italy and Spain, the euro zone’s four largest economies, meet in Rome later this week.
USD/JPY jumped 0.30% to 97.84 after Japan revised its first-quarter GDP reading to show growth of 4.1%. The initial reading was 3.5% growth.
In a separate report, the Ministry of Finance said that Japan’s current account balance rose to a seasonally adjusted JPY850 billion from JPY340 billion in April. Analysts expected an increase to JPY390 billion.
GBP/USD inched up 0.03% to 1.5557 while USD/CHF fell 0.09% to 0.9352. USD/CAD fell 0.13% to 1.0186 as oil prices traded slightly higher.
In U.S. economic news delivered last Friday, the U.S. Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May, but added the unemployment rate rose to 7.6% from 7.5%. The April reading was revised lower to 149,000 from 165,000 while the March reading was revised down to 138,000 from 142,000.
AUD/USD fell 0.41% to 0.9454, a 20-month low for the pair, amid a spate of disappointing Chinese economic data released over the weekend. NZD/USD followed suit, dropping 0.16% to 0.7868. China is the largest export partner for both Australia and New Zealand.
The U.S. Dollar Index nudged up 0.04% to 81.96.