The US index continued to rise, rising 0.4% to 106.6 in the day. Non-US currencies generally fell, with the pound against the US dollar GBP/USD now down 0.19% to 1.2726; the euro against the US dollar EUR/USD fell 0.5% to 1.0500 in the day; the US dollar against the yen USD/JPY broke the 152 mark, rising about 0.4% in the day. The Australian dollar against the US dollar AUD/USD and the New Zealand dollar against the US dollar NZD/USD both fell more than 1% in the day.