Investing.com – The dollar mostly held onto slight gains Wednesday as U.S. housing starts and building permits beat estimates.
The dollar index was up 0.02% at 94.47 at 09:45 ET but remained near multi-month lows.
The index was up 0.07% at 94.52 just prior to the data release.
The {{1|euro} was off 0.18% at $1.1535 with the ECB Thursday expected to stand pat on policy.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday housing starts rose 8.3% in June to 1.215 million from May.
Analysts had expected housing starts to rise 5.8% to 1.155 million.
Building permits rose 7.4% to 1.254 million units
Permits were forecast to rise 3.0% rise to 1.200 million.