(Adds quotes, details; updates prices; changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON) * Graphic: World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The dollar dipped against a basket of major currencies and sterling jumped on Monday after Britain’s new finance minister ditched most of the government’s “mini-budget,” sparking a rally in UK and US government bonds and reducing demand for the safe-haven US currency. Jeremy Hunt, who was appointed finance minister by Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, reversed large swathes of the 45-billion pound “mini-budget” that sparked unprecedented market turmoil in which the pound hit record lows and the Bank of England was forced to intervene. “The pound has been the driver of the FX market this month so far, and the big change the UK government has announced has restored faith in the pound and taken the bid on the US dollar out,” said Adam Button, chief currency analyst at ForexLive. British gilts rallied sharply after the news, helping to also send US Treasury yields lower. Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng, whose package of unfunded tax cuts on Sept. 23 unleashed a bond market sell-off. “For now, the market seems happy to give the new chancellor time and space to put the government’s house back in order,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG. Sterling was last up 1.57% at $1.1349. The dollar index against a basket of currencies fell 0.50% to 112.46. The euro gained 0.69% against the greenback. Risk sentiment also improved after Bank of America reported a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit and said that its US consumer client spending remained strong, even if it was slowing. Traders are also on watch for any intervention from the Bank of Japan after the yen fell to a 32-year low. The Japanese currency earlier reached 148.84, before last trading at 148.75. Japan last month intervened to buy the yen for the first time since 1998, after the Bank of Japan stuck to its policy of maintaining ultra-low interest rates, which has battered the currency this year. Japanese authorities kept up their warnings to the market on Monday of a firm response to overly rapid yen declines, after last week’s fall and meetings of global financial leaders that acknowledged currency volatility. ================================================ ====== Currency bid prices at 10:02AM (1402 GMT) Description RIC Last US Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid Previous Change Session Dollar index 112.4600 113.0500 -0.50% 17.559% +113.2000 +112.3600 Euro / Dollar $0.9789 $ 0.9723 +0.69% -13.88% +$ 0.9798 +$ 0.9715 dollar/yen 148,7500 148,7850 -03% +29.20% +148.8900 +148.4000 Euro/yen 145.59 144.65 +0.65% +11.72% 9.32% +1.0045 +0.9956 Sterling/Dollar $1.1349 $1.1178 +1.57% -16.05% +$1.1367 +$1.1175 Dollar/Canadian 1.3737 1.3881 -1.03% +8.66% +1.3878 +1.3714 Aussie/Dollar $0.6280 $0.6203 +1.21% -13.63% +$0.6293 + $0.6208 Euro/Swiss 0.9759 0.9774 -0.15% -5.88% +0.9786 +0.9743 Euro/Sterling 0.8622 0.8692 -0.81% +2.64% +0.8686 +0.8614 NZ $0.5633 $0.5562 +1.29% -17.69% +$0.5641 +$0.5553 Dollar/Dollar Dollar/Norway 10.5380 10.6750 -1.19% +19.73% +10.6700 +10.5080 Euro/Norway 10.3160 10.3921 -0.73% +3.03% +10.4031 +10.2918 Dollar/Sweden 1 1.2017 11.2994 -0.01% +24.22% +11.3305 +11.1913 Euro/Sweden 10.9662 10.9676 -0.01% +7.15% +11.0142 +10.9580 (Additional reporting by Amanda Cooper in London; Editing by Paul Simao)
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