The Dollar gained back some of the recent losses on Wednesday, as it retrieved more than 1% of the recent month long 8% slide against a basket of currencies. A broad selloff in equities revived the safe-haven appeal the US currency enjoys. A falloff in oil prices helped the dollar make sharp gains against the commodity currencies and contributed to the steep rise in the ICE index.
Also contributing to the rise in the Dollar on Wednesday was comments from several Asian governments, reaffirming their policies of investing in US debt instruments. China, Japan, India and South Korea said that even if Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s cut the US’s “AAA” rating, it would not prevent them from investing in the US for the long term.
And, more news for Forex Online traders: at 10:30 PM GMT, the ICE Dollar Index, which measures the Dollar against six other currencies, was up 1.02% to 78.94. The Dollar was up .3% to the Yen to 95.84, up 1.9% to the Pound to 1.6269, up 2.9% to the Canadian Dollar to 1.1109, and up 4.2% to the New Zealand Dollar to .6299.
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