KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. The dollar and other safe-haven currencies were well bid on Friday after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the United States further undermined the case for a quick economic recovery. More than 60,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Wednesday, the greatest single-day tally by any country in the pandemic so far, discouraging some American consumers to return to public spaces. The caution helped to lift the dollar index to 96.798 from near one-month low of 96.233 touched on Thursday.
Dollar, safe-haven currencies buoyed by U.S. coronavirus anxiety
KONTAN.CO.ID - TOKYO. The dollar and other safe-haven currencies were well bid on Friday after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the United States further undermined the case for a quick economic recovery. More than 60,000 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Wednesday, the greatest single-day tally by any country in the pandemic so far, discouraging some American consumers to return to public spaces. The caution helped to lift the dollar index to 96.798 from near one-month low of 96.233 touched on Thursday.
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