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The dollar gained against the euro in Asian trading Thursday, after the International Monetary Fund said late Wednesday that it plans to sell 191.3 tons of gold, likely on the open market.

The IMF's announcement pushed spot prices and gold-miner shares lower. The planned sales would be valued at about $6.19 billion at current prices, according to CNBC. See full story on IMF gold sales.
The euro continued recent gains against the dollar in Asian trading Wednesday, as investors absorbed details of European aid to Greece that emerged in the previous session.
U.S. stock futures fell on Friday after China hiked its deposit-reserve ratio, escalating worries over global economic growth and prompting traders to sell stocks and commodities, and buy the U.S. dollar.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 67 points, or 0.7%, to 10,043.

S&P 500 futures fell 9 points, or 0.8%, to 1,067.60, and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 15.75 points, or 0.9%, t
U.S. stock futures tilted modestly higher Monday amid relative calm over European finances and the lack of any sparks at a weekend meeting of top finance ministers.

S&P 500 futures (SPX 1,065, -0.72, -0.07%) rose 1.6 points to 1,061.4 and Nasdaq 100 futures (COMP 2,141, -0.47, -0.02%) were ahead 1 point at 1,746. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 10,012, +10.05, +0.10%) gained
The dollar jumped to its highest level in five months versus the euro on Wednesday as reports that China is reining in lending led investors to shun risky assets and worries about Greece's budget problems kept pressure on the shared currency.
The dollar slumped on Friday after the Labor Department said the U.S. economy shed more jobs in December instead of recording the slight increase in payrolls economists expected.

The dollar index /quotes/comstock/11j!i:dxy0 (DXY 77.50, +0.03, +0.04%) , which measures the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, traded at 77.470, compared with 77.945 ahead of the repor
Optimism about the economic recovery on Monday encouraged investors to buy stocks and dump U.S. Treasuries, while gold prices fell as investors expected the dollar to remain firm in the beginning of the new year.

Speculation that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than forecast drove the dollar to a six-week high against the yen and kept it near its strongest level against the
Four-fifths of fund managers expect the economy to grow next year, and they see benign inflation and returns of nearly 8% from world stock markets, according to the monthly survey conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.