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The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [2] The Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value) when compared to other ...
Stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday as the market delivered a downbeat finish on the final day of another milestone-shattering year on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0 ...
The trade-weighted US dollar index, also known as the broad index, is a measure of the value of the United States dollar relative to other world currencies.It is a trade weighted index that improves on the older U.S. Dollar Index by incorporating more currencies and yearly rebalancing.
In stock markets abroad, indexes weakened were mixed across Europe and Asia. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 1.2%, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.9%. AP Writers Matt Ott and Zimo Zhong contributed.
A sell-off in semiconductors pulled stock indexes away from record highs. The rout was led by Dutch chip firm ASML, which shed 17% on Tuesday. The decline overshadowed better-than-expected bank ...
As of January 1, 2011, the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index was a measure of the U.S. dollar's value equally weighted against four of the world's most liquidly traded currencies:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 225 points, or 0.5%, while the Nasdaq composite edged higher by less than 0.1%. A barrel of benchmark U.S. crude fell 2.7% below $72 after President Donald ...
On 28 February, stock markets worldwide reported their largest single-week declines since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, [17] [98] [99] while oil futures saw their largest single week decline since 2009 and the yields on 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury securities fell to new record lows at 1.12% and 1.30% respectively.