#MARKET NEWS
NOVEMBER 17, 2017 / 5:26 PM / UPDATED 17 HOURS AGO
FOREX-Dollar set for biggest weekly loss in a month as risk appetite returns
Reuters Staff
* Progress of U.S. tax bill key for further dollar gains
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Saikat Chatterjee
LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The dollar held near the days lows against a trade-weighted basket of its rivals on Friday and is set for its biggest weekly loss in more than a month as investors locked in gains awaiting progress of a landmark U.S. tax bill.
Congressional Republicans took important steps toward the biggest U.S. tax-code overhaul since the 1980s, with the House of Representatives approving a broad package of tax cuts, and a Senate panel advancing its own version of the legislation sought by senior lawmakers and President Donald Trump.
We are seeing a very choppy ending to the week on the dollar with market liquidity thinning out and the key to more dollar upside lies in the progress of the U.S. tax bill, said Alvin Tan, an FX strategist at Societe Generale in London.
The euro held around the $1.18 line against the dollar and held just below a one-month high of $1.1862 tested on Wednesday.
Against a broad trade-weighted basket of its rivals, the dollar was down 0.3 percent to 93.508 and was set for a second consecutive week of losses.
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The euro held around the $1.18 line against the dollar and held just below a one-month high of $1.1862 tested on Wednesday.
Against a broad trade-weighted basket of its rivals, the dollar was down 0.3 percent to 93.508 and was set for a second consecutive week of losses.