Asian session review: the dollar rose slightly against most currencies

During today's Asian trading, the US dollar consolidated against the euro, but rose against the pound and the yen.

The attention of market participants turned to the upcoming meeting of the US Federal Reserve System, which will be held next week.

Meanwhile, the European Central Bank (ECB), following the results of its meeting on Thursday, expected to keep the base interest rate on loans at 0.0%, the deposit rate at -0.5%. At the same time, the ECB has outlined new guidelines for the future direction of monetary policy (forward guidance) in accordance with the recent revision of the strategy.

The ECB Governing Council expects that key rates will remain at current levels or lower until inflation reaches 2% significantly earlier than the end of the forecast horizon and will persist at this level until the end of the forecast period.

The Australian dollar fell by 0.15% against the US dollar, and reached its lowest level since the end of November 2020 on the background of the US dollar's growth and a decrease in risk appetite.

The ICE index, which tracks the dynamics of the dollar against six currencies (euro, swiss franc, yen, canadian dollar, pound sterling and swedish krona), rose by 0.08%.