NFP Review: “Near Perfect” Jobs Report Lifts USD
August 07, 2017 at 05:41 AM EDT
The U.S. dollar index, which was recently seen trading at 14-month lows, shot up 0.8% to 93.54 on Friday. That was its highest settlement of the week. The DXY basket is down 8.5% for the year, putting it among the world’s worst-performing currencies.