At the end of the week, the American dollar is in shape to achieve its best weekly performance since October, while the Australian dollar is resisting. The Indian rupee should make up for its losses. By Elsewhere, the New Zealand dollar is crashing.

The dollar was in the process of making Friday its best weekly performance since October, supported by a series of better-than-expected economic data, a more restrictive outlook for the Federal Reserve and by the tensions between the United States and Iran who kept markets under pressure.

Overnight, the dollar enjoyed a renewed vigor after the publication of data showing that the number The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits has declined more than expected last week, thus underlining the stability of the work.

Faced with a basket of currencies, the dollar fell maintained near its highest level in a month reached on Thursday, at 97.89. He was on track to make a weekly gain of more than 1%, which would be his best performance in more than four months.

The euro also fell slightly by 0.02% to $1.1768 and is expected to lose 0.8% over the week, with the single currency being also penalized by the uncertainty that hangs over the term of office of the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.

The Australian dollar a held up well on Friday against an otherwise firm US dollar, thanks to a expansion of the performance bonus that served as a shock absorber, while the New Zealand dollar was handicapped by the decrease in the chances of increases fast rates.

The Australian dollar was little changed during the day and week at $0.7056, after finding support at $0.7025 during the night.

The New Zealand dollar settled at $0.5970, after losing 1.1% since the start of the week, threatening the support at $0.5929.

It also hit a low of nearly 13 years on the Australian dollar, at 1.1833 NZ$, after losing 0.9% on the week.

The currency has been destabilized by the outlook accommodative rates from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand of interest, which strongly misled the investors who were betting on a tightening of monetary policy, after a series of declines in over the past year.

The Indian rupee should Catch up at the opening on Friday after currency inflows irregularities related to public holidays and losses on the undeliverable market that raised it past the level of 91 to the dollar.

The 1-month undeliverable futures contract (NDF) indicated that the rupee would open in the range of 91.02 to 91.06 by against the US dollar, after settling at 90.6675 on Wednesday.

Mumbai, the main trading hub of The rupee, being closed due to a public holiday on Thursday, exchanges took place limited to other national centers and offshore platforms.

The fall of the currency local under the 91 mark was considerable because it occurred in a context of low economic activity linked to the holidays, a context in which large swings are relatively rare, bankers said