The dollar settled near the average price range it recorded this week against a basket of major currencies, at a time when investors are awaiting the main inflation data in the United States, to be published later on Thursday, which may affect the course of the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve (the US Central Bank).
The dollar index, which measures the US currency against six major currencies, including the euro and the yen, was little changed and reached 102.50 in early Asian trading after it ranged between 101.98 and 102.80 approximately this week.
And the dollar benefited from the demand for it as a safe haven in the wake of a continuous series of weak Chinese economic data, while expectations are increasing that the US economy will record a slight decline in light of the easing of price pressures.
Wall Street economists expect the consumer price index to rise 4.8 percent year-on-year in July.
There was also little change in the exchange rate of the dollar against the yen at 143.79 yen, after earlier recording its highest level since the seventh of July at 143.90 yen.
The euro settled roughly at $1.09695.
The Chinese yuan rose by 0.1 percent to 7.2235 per dollar in foreign transactions.
Data on Wednesday showed that consumer prices in China fell last month, after a report the previous day indicated a larger-than-expected decline in both imports and exports.
