Forex: US Dollar Index in session highs

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Forex: US Dollar Index in session highs

FITITOL--> FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The US Dollar Index, which gauges the greenback against a basket of its major rivals, is hovering over the 78.90 region after the core PCE rose more than expected in March (+2.0% YoY vs +1.9%) and the US personal income also came in better than forecasted at +0.4% vs +0.3% in the same period.

The world’s reserve was almost indifferent after the Chicago PMI dropped to 56.2 in April, below expectations and the previous print.

At the moment: AUD -0.42%, EUR -0.08%, GBP -0.13%, NZD -0.49%, CAD +0.72% CHF +0.10% and JPY -0.50 Wall St. is down 0.29% at 13,199 pts. and SP500 is down 0.56% at 1,396 pts. WTI is down 0.63 % at $104.07 and Gold is retreating 0.69% at $1,652

The index is up 0.12% at 78.87 as of writing, with the next resistance at 79.16 ahead of 79.55 and then 79.86
Support levels are located at 78.55 followed by 78.32 and 77.93