An employee counts U.S. banknotes at a bank in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung
The U.S. dollar hovered at a historic peak against the Vietnamese dong on Wednesday morning while trading near a one-month high against major peers.
Vietcombank maintained its exchange rate at VND26,400, the record level reached on Tuesday. On the black market, the greenback rose 0.24% to around VND26,520.
The State Bank of Vietnam hiked its reference rate by 0.09% to VND25,228.
Globally, the euro steadied near its lowest in a month on Wednesday, nursing steep losses this week as investors counted the cost of the U.S.-EU trade pact, while the dollar wobbled ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, according to Reuters.
The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against six others, was at 98.815, standing near a one-month high. The index is set to record its first month of gains this year.
The euro was 0.19% higher at $1.1566 after dropping for the first two days of the week and hitting a one-month low of $1.15185 on Tuesday. The euro is up 11.7% since the start of the year but on course for its first monthly drop this year.
The yen firmed 0.3% to 147.94 per dollar and was last at 148.06 after news broke about the Pacific earthquake and tsunami, with investors on alert for any damage to key infrastructure in Japan. Sterling was at $1.3358 and the Australian dollar last bought $0.6517.
