- The dollar index was marginally higher, fetching 95.80 at 0244 GMT.
- Raphael Bostic, the Atlanta Fed President, who is not a voting member of the Federal Open market Committee this year, said the Fed may only need to raise rates once in 2019.
- Market expectations for further Fed tightening this year have shifted markedly in the last few months, with some traders now expecting even a rate cut this year.