Mexican airports and tourism operators are fast becoming a hotspot for investors betting they will escape the trade-related worries that have squeezed some other assets there, with lingering weakness in the peso seen providing further upside.
The dollar fell to its lowest in a week against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as investors sold the greenback following a writedown of longer-term interest rate expectations from the Federal Reserve.
Other safe havens largely held their gains with gold rising to a more than two-year high and the yen soaring to a three-and-a-half year high against the British pound, and to two-week peaks versus the dollar and euro.
Stocks on major world markets fell and benchmark U.S. government bond yields hit all-time lows today as worries about Britain's exit from the European Union pushed sterling to a fresh 31-year low, triggering a scramble for the safest and most liquid assets.
The dollar edged up on Tuesday after news that a new poll on Britain's referendum on European Union membership showed growing support for the "Leave" camp, pushing down the euro and sterling.
The dollar fell to the lowest level in more than two weeks on Friday after the U.S. jobs report came in far below expectations and cast doubt on whether the Federal Reserve would raise U.S.
The dollar hit a one-week low against the euro on Thursday as a plunge in U.S. durable goods orders supported the view of a U.S. economic slowdown on softer global demand.
