The dollar dipped on Tuesday on concerns that central banks were shifting their reserves out of dollar assets.
South Korea’s central bank said on Monday it planned to diversify its reserves, which are the world’s fourth largest, into a greater variety of currencies. Reserves have traditionally been held in U.S. Treasuries and agency debt.
In afternoon European trading, the euro was up just over one percent at $1.3210.
*For more on this store,
read the full Reuters story
.