The dollar extended its gains against the ruble, Norwegian krone and Canadian dollar Thursday as crude oil prices fell below $60 a barrel, a sign that the contagion that has afflicted the ruble for the past two weeks has spread to the currencies of other major oil exporters.The buck traded at USDNOK, +0.56% 7.32 krone, and USDCAD, +0.10% 1.155 Canadian dollars, its highest level since July 2009, compared with 7.13 krone and 1.140 Canadian dollars Wednesday afternoon.
The euro EURUSD, -0.14% traded slightly below $1.24, compared with $1.245 Wednesday.
The buck traded at 118.90 yen USDJPY, +0.07% compared with ¥117.57 Wednesday. It traded flat against the pound GBPUSD, -0.08% at $1.57.
The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.00% a trade-weighted measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.38% to 88.60.
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