
The US dollar index showed a W-shaped trend before and after the release of the US CPI data
On Thursday (December 18), at the New York close, the ICE Dollar Index rose by 0.06%, reporting 98.425 points, with an intraday trading range of 98.562-98.173 points. Fifteen minutes before the European Central Bank announced its interest rate decision statement at 21:15 Beijing time, it significantly retreated from the daily high (to flat). Following the release of the U.S. CPI data, the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's press conference initially saw a continuous decline, refreshing the daily low, and showed a significant W-shaped trend over the six hours until 02:00. The Bloomberg Dollar Index fell by 0.04%, reporting 1206.91 points, with an intraday trading range of 1208.53-124.71 points
