The dollar continues to strengthen its positions. Data on the US construction sector.

The US dollar continues to strengthen its position against the basket of currencies before the American Stock Exchange session, receiving additional support from data on building permits.

According to published data, the number of building permits issued rose to 1.396 million in January, exceeding the December figure of 1.3 million. As a percentage, the growth rate was 7.4%, against a decline of -0.2 in the previous period %.

The US dollar index played back all the lost positions in the course of trading on Thursday and still maintains a positive attitude. It is also worth noting that before the opening of the main US stock indices show growth of 0.05%. In the event of the resumption of the decline in the US stock markets, the growth of the US currency is possible.

Fig. Graph of the US dollar index. The current price of DXY is 88.78.

Alexander Sivtsov