News: FOREX-U.S. dollar rises on weaker euro, Swiss franc and yen

	* Graphic: World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E 
The U.S. dollar bounced to a 2-week high on Monday on weakness in the euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen amid views that the U.S. has an advantage in growing its economy and vaccinating its population against COVID-19.
The dollar index =USD was up 0.21% to 90.815 at mid-morning in New York, while the euro EUR=EBS was off 0.36% to $1.209. Against the Swiss franc CHF=EBS the dollar was up 0.45%.
The euro weakened after Germany reported that retail sales plunged by an unexpected 9.6% in December after tighter lockdowns last year to curb the spread of COVID-19 choked consumer spending in Europe's largest economy.
The dollar may be more resilient in the near-term because "both growth and vaccination favour the U.S," said Kamal Sharma, director of G10 FX strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research.
U.S.-based strategists at Wells Fargo Securities wrote, "We think USD strength still has room to run." That's especially true against more volatile securities, they added.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars gave up early gains and were down 0.1% and 0.11%, respectively, against the greenback. AUD= NZD=
The U.S. dollar also gained 0.3% against the Norwegian crown to 8.5815 crowns per dollar. NOK=
Jens Naervig Pedersen, chief analyst for FX and rates strategy at Danske Bank, noted the Norway central bank's Friday announcement of a surprisingly large increase in the daily pace of its fiscal Norwegian crown buying from 800 million crowns in January to 1,700 million in February.
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	Currency bid prices at 10:17AM (1517 GMT) 
 Description	  RIC		 Last		   U.S. Close  Pct Change	 YTD Pct	 High Bid	Low Bid 
											  Previous				   Change				  
											  Session											
 Dollar index	  =USD	   90.8150		90.6280	 +0.21%		 +0.00%	  +90.9240	+90.5010 
 Euro/Dollar	   EUR=EBS	$1.2094		$1.2139	 -0.36%		 -1.01%	  +$1.2145	+$1.2069 
 Dollar/Yen		JPY=D3	 104.9150	   104.7250	+0.24%		 +1.64%	  +104.9850   +104.6550 
 Euro/Yen		  EURJPY=	126.90		 127.07	  -0.13%		 -0.02%	  +127.1200   +126.6700 
 Dollar/Swiss	  CHF=EBS	0.8948		 0.8909	  +0.45%		 +1.15%	  +0.8965	 +0.8908 
 Sterling/Dollar   GBP=D3	 $1.3681		$1.3693	 -0.07%		 +0.15%	  +$1.3757	+$1.3668 
 Dollar/Canadian   CAD=D3	 1.2805		 1.2775	  +0.27%		 +0.60%	  +1.2819	 +1.2763 
 Aussie/Dollar	 AUD=D3	 $0.7627		$0.7642	 -0.18%		 -0.84%	  +$0.7662	+$0.7606 
 Euro/Swiss		EURCHF=	1.0820		 1.0808	  +0.11%		 +0.12%	  +1.0827	 +1.0803 
 Euro/Sterling	 EURGBP=	0.8838		 0.8852	  -0.16%		 -1.11%	  +0.8856	 +0.8805 
 NZ				NZD=D3	 $0.7175		$0.7184	 -0.11%		 -0.07%	  +$0.7202	+$0.7151 
 Dollar/Dollar																				   
 Dollar/Norway	 NOK=D3	 8.5815		 8.5650	  +0.30%		 +0.05%	  +8.6195	 +8.5590 
 Euro/Norway	   EURNOK=	10.3806		10.4099	 -0.28%		 -0.83%	  +10.4330	+10.3682 
 Dollar/Sweden	 SEK=	   8.4146		 8.3589	  +0.29%		 +2.66%	  +8.4266	 +8.3263 
 Euro/Sweden	   EURSEK=	10.1752		10.1455	 +0.29%		 +0.99%	  +10.1885	+10.1360 
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