The US dollar continued to weaken on Wednesday, extending a retreat that began after it pulled back from a two-week high in the previous session.
The dollar fell 0.1 per cent against the Japanese yen to 162.08, while the euro and British pound each gained 0.1 per cent, trading at $1.1433 and $1.3401 respectively.
The New Zealand dollar was among the stronger performers, trading at $0.5819 and approaching a one-month high. The Australian dollar held steady at $0.6983.
The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of six peers, slipped marginally to 100.81. The index had dropped 0.35 per cent in the prior session, its largest single-day decline in roughly two weeks.
