28.05.201917:11:00UTC+00El dólar se mantiene firme frente a las principales monedas

El dólar estadounidense se cotizó firme frente a la mayoría de las principales monedas el martes, con una mejora en la confianza del consumidor de Estados Unidos y las preocupaciones continuas sobre las tensiones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y China que ayudan a la moneda. Según un informe de Conference Board, la confianza al consumidor de Estados Unidos vio una mejora sustancial en el mes de mayo. El Conference Board dijo que su índice de confianza al consumidor subió a 134.1 en mayo después de subir a 129.2 en abril. Los economistas habían esperado que el índice llegara a 129.8. El índice del dólar subió a 97.97, ganando más que 0.35%. El euro bajó casi 0.3% a $1,1166, después de haber avanzado a $1,1203 a inicios de la sesión. Los resultados de las elecciones Parlamentarias de la Unión Europea y los datos que muestran una mejora en la confianza económica de la eurozona por primera vez en casi un año ayudó al euro a dejar niveles menores. A survey data from European Commission showed Eurozone economic confidence improved for the first time in almost a year in May, with the economic sentiment index rising unexpectedly to 105.1 from a revised 103.9 in the previous month. The score was forecast to drop to 103.8. The increase in sentiment ended a sequence of decline that began in July 2018. Against British pound sterling, the dollar was gaining 0.22% at $1,2652 a sterling, while against the Japanese currency, the greenback was down 0.14% at 109.35 yen. U.S. President Donald Trump, on his four-day state visit to Japan, described the U.S. trade imbalance with Japan as "unbelievably large" but said he would announce something on trade probably in August. Japan will be heading to the polls for the upper house in July. Trump expressed optimism the U.S. and China will eventually reach a trade agreement. "I think, sometime in the future, China and the United States will absolutely have a great trade deal. And we look forward to that," Trump said. However, Trump also warned that U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods could "go up very, very substantially, very easily." Trump also said the U.S. is "not ready to make a deal" and suggested China probably wishes "they made the deal that they had on the table before they tried to renegotiate it." The dollar was up nearly 0.4% against the loonie at 1.3497 and 0.38% at 1.0076 against Swiss franc, while gaining marginally at 0.6922 against the Aussie.