US Dollar Index slipped 0.2% to 99.86 as Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz loomed without breakthrough.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif asked Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks and called for a two‑week ceasefire.
Analyst Thierry Wizman warned of speculative attacks on oil‑importing emerging‑market currencies if Brent crude nears $150 per barrel.
Weaker dollar lifted euro to 1.1600 and sterling to 1.3292, while yen strengthened; Eurozone PMI showed softest nine‑month expansion.