The dollar is falling back sharply, with the $-Index down -0.35% at 105.7.
The most notable decline is against the pound, which is up +0.7% at 1.2435.
The greenback is down 0.15% against the Canadian dollar, while the euro is up +0.4% at 1.0695.
Dollar yields weaken, with the '10 yr' down -3.5pts to 4.588%, the '30 yr' down -2pts to 4.705% and the '2 yr' down -3pts to 4.94%

As for the day's figures, the Dollar failed to benefit from the rise in new home sales, which rebounded by +8,8% in the United States in March, despite persistently high interest rates, with median sales prices actually rising again, according to data released Tuesday by the Commerce Department.

Sales rose to 693,000 units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, after 637,000 units the previous month.
On an annualized basis, i.e. compared with March 2023, sales were up 8.3%.
In detail, they rose especially in the Northeast (+27.8%) and the West (+8.6%).

The median price over one year was $430,700, up from $406,500 in February.
The euro gained 0.4% against the greenback, to $1.0695/E, as the easing of tensions between Israel and Iran did not deter investors from safe-haven assets such as the dollar.

In the Eurozone, the HCOB flash PMI composite index of global activity recovered from 50.3 in March to 51.4 in April, signalling a 2nd consecutive monthly rise in private sector activity levels, following nine months of economic contraction in the region.

In France, the HCOB composite PMI index for overall activity rose by +1.6 to 49.9, its highest level since May 2023.
According to Oddo BHF, this rebound in PMIs confirms the beginning of a recovery after several quarters of stagnation.

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