•The euro touched a one-week high on Tuesday ahead of the release of euro zone gross domestic product data, as the dollar struggled to gain traction in the wake of a surprisingly soft U.S. manufacturing report
The euro rose 0.1 percent to $1.0986, having risen to $1.0990 earlier. That was the euro's strongest level since May 8, when it climbed to a six-month high of $1.1024 after France's presidential election.
Against the yen, the dollar fell 0.3 percent to 113.52 yen, edging away from an eight-week high of 114.38 yen set last week.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback's value against a basket of six major currencies, eased 0.1 percent to 98.805.·
• Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he was "quite sure" the central bank could smoothly exit from its massive monetary stimulus when the appropriate time to do so came.· ·
But he also said the BOJ "always" had room to expand monetary stimulus to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, indicating that wages and prices had been slow to respond to improvements in the economy.
• New South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Washington in late June for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, media reports said on Tuesday, citing South Korea's presidential office.
• The United States sees China's leverage as key to resolving the North Korean nuclear issue, U.S. Disarmament Ambassador Robert Wood told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday, two days after a successful North Korean missile test-launch.
North Korea's missile programme is progressing faster than expected, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday, hours after the UN Security Council demanded the North hal
• Oil prices rose on Tuesday, extending gains after a joint announcement by top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia to push for an extension of supply cuts until the end of March 2018 gained traction.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $49.10 a barrel, up 25 cents, or 0.5 percent.
As of 0653 GMT, brent crude futures were at $52.08 per barrel, up 26 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close.
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