U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. Photo by Reuters
The U.S. dollar marginally rose against the Vietnamese dong Thursday morning.
Vietcombank sold the greenback 0.004% higher at VND26,381.
On the black market the dollar went up 0.19% to VND26,700.
Globally the U.S. dollar held on to overnight gains against major peers after President Donald Trump withdrew a threat to impose tariffs on a number of European NATO nations, trumpeting the framework of a deal with NATO over control of Greenland, Reuters reported.
That put the safe-harbor Swiss franc on the back foot, retreating sharply from a three-week high, while gold sank from an all-time peak.
The U.S. dollar held steady at $1.1685 per euro on Thursday, following a 0.3% rebound in the prior session. It was flat at 0.7953 Swiss franc after leaping 0.7% overnight.
The yen was steady against most major peers in Asian trading, but at 184.83 a euro, it did not stray far from the record low of 185.56 touched last week.
The Japanese currency changed hands at 158.31 a U.S. dollar, near last week’s 18-month trough of 159.45.
