The European common currency's decline helped steady the US dollar, which traded flat at 101.83. (EPA Images pic)SINGAPORE: The dollar edged up from near its lowest levels of the month at the start of trading in Asia on Monday as violent protests in France put pressure on the euro.
The euro fell 0.1% at US$1.1225 as trading began in Asia. The biggest weighting in the dollar index, the common currency's drop helped steady the greenback, which traded level at 101.83.
French president Emmanuel Macron condemned on Sunday "shocking" scenes of violence on the sidelines of protests over the cost of living in a televised address to the nation, a day after France suffered one of its worst days of unrest in years.
