Monday, July 20, 2015

Dollar heads for biggest weekly gain

11:31 AM

There The dollar was on track for its biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday as investors bet on the chances of a U.S. interest rate hike by the end of the year.The U.S. currency has clocked up a 1.5 percent gain against a basket of currencies in a week in which Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated that U.S. rates were likely to increase this year.Currency investors have been distracted for weeks by uncertainty over whether Greece and its creditors would come to an agreement and avoid "Grexit" from the euro. The deal was done on Monday, turning the market's focus back to fundamentals.Sterling hit a 7-1/2-year high against the euro after Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney gave his strongest hint yet on the timing of a UK rate rise, saying a decision on that would come into focus around the end of 2015.

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