The Australian dollar reached its highest level in six months, while the Indian rupee rose slightly. The Russian ruble weakens slightly in a context of low trade volumes, while the Chinese yuan weakens after a moderate fixation.

The Australian dollar held close to its six-month highs on Friday as markets sharply reduced the chances of a rate cut in the United States, while the New Zealand dollar was sunk by bets on even stronger declines in national level.

The Indian rupee was slightly higher on Friday after low US inflation boosted hopes of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve and caused US bond yields to fall and caused US bond yields to fall, which also contributed to raising dollar-rupee term premiums.

The Chinese yuan depreciated on Friday after strengthening to its highest level in a month as the central bank set a moderate key rate. At 03:50 GMT, the yuan was down 0.09% to 7.2639 per dollar after trading in a range of 7.2575 to 7.2677. The offshore yuan traded at 7.2755 yuan to the dollar, down by about 0.08% in Asian