The dollar held near a one-week high on Thursday, after posting its best day this month against other major currencies, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's policy meeting showed some officials were prepared to raise interest rates.

The New Zealand dollar continued to rise, after an unexpected rise in domestic retail sales prompted the central bank to raise its monetary tightening guidance the day before, dampening bets on interest rate cuts.

The pound sterling remained stable after jumping to its highest level in a month, following a higher-than-expected increase in inflation, and it also received support from the announcement that parliamentary elections will be held in Britain on July 4.

Ethereum held near its highest level in more than two months, which it reached on Tuesday, amid expectations of possible approval of US exchange-traded funds that would monitor the world's second-largest cryptocurrency.

The dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against six other major currencies, stabilized at 104.85 points after gaining 0.28% yesterday.

Fed officials indicated at their April 30 and May 1 meetings that they remained confident that price pressures would ease, albeit slowly.

The dollar was little changed at 156.755 against the yen after rising to 156.85 against the Japanese currency yesterday, its highest level since May 1, even as traders worried about the risk of Japanese authorities intervening to support the currency.

The euro rose 0.08% to $1.08305, but remained close to yesterday's level of $1.08175.

The pound held steady at $1.2723 after rising to $1.27610 on Wednesday, its first since March 21 when inflation crushed expectations that the Bank of England would cut interest rates in June.

The New Zealand dollar rose 0.4 percent to $0.6121 after data released on Thursday showed that New Zealand's retail sales volume rose 0.5 percent in the first quarter, confounding expectations for a slight decline.

In cryptocurrencies, Ethereum was trading at around $3,769, up slightly from Wednesday’s close. It climbed to $3,838.80 on Tuesday for the first time since March 15.

Bitcoin was little changed at $69,432 after hitting $71,957 on Tuesday for the first time since April 9.