The dollar rose slightly today against the euro, after a snapshot of the US manufacturing sector came in higher than expected.
The Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity in April rose to the highest in nearly a year and above economists' median forecast.
Other components of the report - from employment to prices - showed robustness, contrasting with recent US economic data which has shown a slowing trend amid a weakening housing market and higher interest rates..
The ISM manufacturing index rose to 54.7 in April from March's figure of 50.9. The ISM figure was expected to be unchanged at about 51.
The euro fell against the dollar, trading at session lows of $1.3623 soon after the report from about $1.3660 where it was shortly before the data.
However, it was still not far from the all-time high hit last week of $1.3683.
The dollar also climbed against the yen, trading at about 119.55 yen from about 119.20 yen shortly prior to the report.
However, any optimism about the dollar's prospects would likely be curbed by a separate index of pending US home sales, which fell in March to the lowest in four years.
