The euro
The data gave traders more confidence that the Fed would hike rates Wednesday for the first time in nearly a decade, a move which is expected to boost the dollar by driving investment flows into the United States.
"Today’s U.S. economic reports reinforced the reality that the Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates tomorrow," Kathy Lien, managing director of FX strategy for BK Asset Management in New York.
Analysts attributed the earlier roughly six-week high in the euro to continued repurchases of the currency, or "short-covering," in the wake of the European Central Bank's smaller-than-expected stimulus move this month and the view that the Fed could indicate Wednesday that it will be slow to raise U.S. rates further after the first hike.
Gains in stock markets <.MIWD00000PUS> worldwide and oil prices
The Fed's first rate hike "should provide comfort, and take some skittishness out off the market," and that expectation of greater relief helped boost emerging market currencies, said Douglas Borthwick, managing director at Chapdelaine Foreign Exchange in New York.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last up 0.69 percent at 98.263. The index rose to a nearly one-week high of 98.292 after hitting a nearly six-week low of 97.190. <.DXY>.
The dollar was last up 0.59 percent against the yen at 121.760 yen
On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 stock index <.SPX> was last up 1.15 percent.
(Reporting by Sam Forgione; Editing by James Dalgleish and Andrew Hay)
By Sam Forgione