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DXY retakes 97.50

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The greenback, in terms of the US Dollar Index, is closing the week on a better tone, managing to recover the positive territory near 97.60.

DXY supported at 97.00

Despite the current firmer tone, the index will not help closing the week with a significant pullback after being rejected from the 100.00 neighbourhood on Monday. The weekly decline accelerated further afterwards, following disappointing results from the US docket and a generalized dovish tone from Fed officials.

However, today’s auspicious releases from US CPI and the sentiment index tracked by Reuters/Michigan leave the door open for a potential recovery rally at the beginning of next week, in an

DXY relevant levels

The index is now advancing 0.10% at 97.50 with the next hurdle at 98.66 (high Mar.31) ahead of 99.18 (high Apr.9) and then 99.36 (high Apr.15). On the other hand, a breakdown of 97.00 (low Apr.17) would target 96.93 (low Apr.7) en route to 96.33 (low Apr.6).