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FOREX-Dollar stands tall, hoisted by higher U.S. yields on Trump bets

Published 21/11/2016, 11:44 am
FOREX-Dollar stands tall, hoisted by higher U.S. yields on Trump bets
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* Dollar rises to six-month high against yen

* Speculators took profits on long dollar positions-IMM

TOKYO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The dollar nudged up to a six-month high in early Asian trading on Monday, as investors continued to back bets that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump would embark on expansionary fiscal policies and boost growth.

The dollar rose to 111.125 yen JPY= , its highest since May 31. It was last down 0.1 percent at 110.82 as investors positioned ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving holiday later in the week.

"The market is buying the dollar and selling U.S. Treasuries, and it seems this trend may continue because we don't know the details of 'Trumponomics,' and we will not have it until after the 20th of January next year," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief forex strategist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo.

"Until then, investors need to follow the trend," he said, adding, "We might see some correction ahead of Thanksgiving."

Data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday showed that speculators trimmed their dollar bets in the week through Nov. 15, as profit taking reduced net long positions after they had risen seven straight weeks. IMM/FX

Japanese yen net longs, meanwhile, posted their lowest level since early June, the data showed, with the yen a casualty of the dollar's strong rally.

Yields on Treasuries of all maturities have registered their largest two-week gains in more than five years as investors dumped U.S. government debt after the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.

The yield on U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose to a one-year high of 2.364 percent on Friday. It last stood at 2.344 percent, compared to its U.S. close of 2.337 percent.

Also underpinning the greenback, most market participants expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its Dec. 13-14 policy meeting.

And expectations that a Trump presidency will usher in higher growth and lead to faster-than-expected Fed hikes have helped power the dollar to 13-1/2-year highs against a basket of currencies.

The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. unit against a basket of six rivals, added 0.1 percent to 101.34 .DXY , after adding more than 4 percent last week to mark its biggest weekly rise since March 2015. It notched a high of 101.48 on Friday, its highest since March 2003.

On Thursday, Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional panel that a rate increase was likely "relatively soon." Bullard, a voting member of the U.S. central bank's rate-setting committee, said last week that the Fed will raise U.S. interest rates in December barring a major shock, such as global market volatility or bad U.S. jobs data. euro inched up 0.1 percent to $1.0598 EUR= but remained not far above Friday's 11-month low of $1.0569.

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