US recap: EUR/USD backpedals as dollar advances broadly
Sept 9 (Reuters) -The dollar index rose on Monday as fears of a hard U.S. landing ebbed, lifting shares and commodity prices.
The ICE dollar index was up 0.3% in modest turnover with the greenback gaining against nearly all its G-10 peers.
The euro dipped to short-term support near 1.1010/30 where buyers emerged despite looming risks of an ECB rate cut Thursday.
Germany's government announced temporary controls on the country's land borders on Monday.
The pound fell amid late-day speculative sales ahead of Tuesday’s UK employment report.
Treasury yields were mixed as 2-years rose 2 basis points and the 10-year was little changed, the 2s-10s curve flattening 3.04bp to still positively sloped 2.98bp at the mid level.
The S&P 500 rose 0.91%.
WTI rose 1.60% fueled by share gains, a potential U.S. Gulf of Mexico hurricane and Libyan supply disruption.
Copper advanced 1.55% amid broad gains in industrial metals.
Gold firmed 0.17% amid lower Treasury yields.
Heading toward the close: EUR/USD -0.39%, USD/JPY +0.46%, GBP/USD -0.35%, AUD/USD -0.14%, DXY +0.36%, EUR/JPY -0.03%, GBP/JPY -0.12%, AUD/JPY +0.13%.
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(Robert Fullem is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)
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