The dollar gained sharply against the euro Friday after comments from Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer suggested that the door was still open to an interest-rate increase at the Fed’s next meeting. Fischer said that the case for a rate hike in September was “pretty strong” before Chinese policy makers decided to allow the yuan to depreciate, though it’s still too soon to say what the Fed might do. The euro fell to $1.1180 from $1.1230 ahead of the comments. The dollar rose to 121.23 yen from 120.90 yen.
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