Dollar Pauses for Breath as Fragile Pound Edges Up

Dollar Pauses for Breath as Fragile Pound Edges Up
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound, and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes in this picture illustration on Jan. 21, 2016. Jason Lee/Reuters
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LONDON/SYDNEY—The dollar took a pause on Tuesday in what has been a relentless climb higher as under-fire sterling as well as the euro and Japanese yen recovered some ground from multi-year lows, but medium-term fundamentals were still in the greenback’s favor.

Sterling climbed over 1 percent to $1.0810, on track for its biggest daily percentage gain in nearly seven weeks, the euro rose 0.2 percent to $0.9629, and the dollar slid 0.3 percent against the yen to 144.28.