Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Dollar Rallies as Greek deal brings U.S. rate hikes into focus

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          The dollar strengthened across the board on Monday after euro zone leaders clinched a deal with Greece in an allnight summit, letting investors turn their focus away from Europe and towards the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates.European Council President Donald Tusk announced on Twitter that leaders had unanimously reached agreement on a third bailout for the cash-strapped southern European country.EU officials said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had accepted a compromise on Germanled demands for the sequestration of Greek state assets to be sold off to pay down debt. The precise terms of the agreement were not immediately known.The single currency, which had initially risen on the news, reversed its gains to trade down 0.9 percent on the day at $1.1060.The dollar gained broadly, hitting an 11 day high against the yen, which investors tend to buy at times of uncertainty, at 123.44 yen.
                        Rupee depreciated 6 paise to 63.45 against dollar in intraday trade today. The domestic unit had settled flat at 63.39 against the US currency on Friday.Dollar index, which tracks the movement of dollar against a basket of major world currencies, stood at 96.03.Euro fell 0.30 per cent to 1.11 against the greenback as uncertainty over Greece continues, with the debt ridden country and international creditors failing to break the deadlock over the bailout terms.Greece has now been given a new deadline to pass new laws as a condition for negotiations on a bailout. 

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