U.S. dollar index fell 0.2% to 99.86 as Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz loomed without resolution.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks and urged a cease‑fire among warring parties.
Analyst Thierry Wizman warned of speculative attacks on oil‑importing emerging‑market currencies if Brent crude reaches $150/bbl and the U.S. attacks Iranian energy assets.
Weaker dollar lifted euro to 1.1600 and sterling to 1.3292, while yen rose, as Eurozone PMI showed softest nine‑month expansion.