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The USD/JPY pair traded at 98.96 Yen, a gain of 0.3%, adding to Thursday�s 1% rise. The EUR/USD pair eased back to $1.3345, a loss of 0.1%, while the EUR/JPY traded 0.1% higher to 132.04 Yen adding to the better than 1% gain from yesterday. The U.S. Dollar Index traded at a session high of 81.719 .DXY and was recently 0.3% higher at 81.449 .DXY; investors use the U.S. Dollar Index to gauge the greenback�s strength relative to major peers which include among others the Euro and the Yen.
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