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* Graphic: World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E
By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The dollar rose on Wednesday as rising Treasury yields and upbeat economic data helped the greenback gain ground against a basket of world currencies.
Bitcoin BTC=BTSP touched a record high of $51,721, a day after the cryptocurrency crossed the $50,000 level for the first time. That brought its total market capitalization to more than $900 billion, as traders bet on its further acceptance among major companies. retail sales and producer prices data blew past analyst estimates, signaling a stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic recession as vaccine deployment gains momentum. had a rather strong retail sales data and PPI is firming up, providing another round of economic data that supports the belief that the reflation trade is not going away and that inflation is approaching us," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York.
Rising U.S. bond yields also gave the dollar a boost, with the 10-year yield rising as high as 1.333% US10YT=RR from around 1.20% at the end of last week.
"The dollar in the short term is going to benefit from yields," Moya said "Long-term, we're talking about a weaker dollar, but in the short term we could see further strength as yields remain elevated."
"Everyone is going to want to ride this trade until we hear from (U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome) Powell next week," Moya added.
The dollar index, a measure of the currency's strength against six other major currencies, recovered from Tuesday's three-week low of 90.117 to last stand 0.26% higher at 90.943. =USD
The yen, which is sensitive to U.S. yields, reacted the most with the dollar, jumping to as high as 106.21 yen in Asian trade, its highest since September, before retreating to 105.90 JPY= .
The euro slipped 0.5% to $1.20 EUR= .
The positive mood on the economic outlook is underpinning risk-sensitive currencies.
The British pound fell 0.3% to $1.39 GBP=D4 , having reached its highest level since April 2018 on Tuesday.
The Australian dollar fell 0.19% to $0.77 AUD=D4 .
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Currency bid prices at 9:56AM (1456 GMT) Description
RIC
Last
U.S. Close Pct Change
YTD Pct
High Bid
Low Bid
Previous
Change
Session
Dollar index
=USD
90.9330
90.7090
+0.26%
1.058%
+91.0380
+90.6170 Euro/Dollar
EUR=EBS
$1.2042
$1.2104
-0.52%
-1.44%
+$1.2105
+$1.2031 Dollar/Yen
JPY=D3
105.9000
106.0150
-0.10%
+2.54%
+106.2150 +105.8500 Euro/Yen
EURJPY=
127.51
128.35
-0.65%
+0.46%
+128.4500 +127.4600 Dollar/Swiss
0.8974
0.8928
+0.50%
+1.42%
+0.8983
+0.8927 Sterling/Dollar GBP=D3
$1.3858
$1.3902
-0.32%
+1.43%
+$1.3907
+$1.3844 Dollar/Canadian CAD=D3
1.2727
1.2691
+0.29%
-0.05%
+1.2746
+1.2688 Aussie/Dollar
AUD=D3
$0.7738
$0.7754
-0.19%
+0.60%
+$0.7771
+$0.7725 Euro/Swiss
EURCHF=
1.0805
1.0804
+0.01%
-0.02%
+1.0811
+1.0795 Euro/Sterling
EURGBP=
0.8688
0.8706
-0.21%
-2.79%
+0.8720
+0.8681 NZ
NZD=D3
$0.7169
$0.7208
-0.53%
-0.15%
+$0.7213
+$0.7159 Dollar/Dollar
Dollar/Norway
NOK=D3
8.5000
8.4470
+0.91%
-0.73%
+8.5265
+8.4470 Euro/Norway
EURNOK=
10.2364
10.1969
+0.39%
-2.21%
+10.2703
+10.1938 Dollar/Sweden
8.3384
8.2912
+0.08%
+1.73%
+8.3499
+8.2833 Euro/Sweden
EURSEK=
10.0409
10.0330
+0.08%
-0.35%
+10.0555
+10.0318
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