* Graphic: World FX charges tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The greenback prolonged its rebound from close to three-year lows versus main friends on Thursday, supported by larger U.S. yields, as President-elect Joe Biden ready to stipulate his plans for enormous fiscal stimulus. The greenback index held onto good points made on Wednesday in early Asian buying and selling as buyers continued to unwind bearish bets. The greenback has risen in 4 of the previous 5 buying and selling periods because the prospect of extra stimulus has weighed on U.S. authorities bonds, sending the benchmark Treasury yield above 1% for the primary time since March. Bitcoin additionally held on to 10% good points made on Wednesday because it rebounded after sliding nearly $12,000 from an all-time excessive of $42,000 hit final week. Biden will give particulars on Thursday of a plan for "trillions" of {dollars} in pandemic aid. Expectations that extra stimulus will gas quicker progress has lifted U.S. yields, which in flip supported the greenback. Nonetheless many analysts count on the forex's bounce to be non permanent, as a construct up of bearish greenback positions are shaken out. Long run, they count on extra U.S. stimulus to help danger sentiment, weighing on the buck, which is historically thought-about a safe-haven. "I feel positioning in danger belongings is changing into a priority, so there might be a squeeze within the greenback near-term," mentioned Shusuke Yamada, chief Japan FX strategist at Financial institution of America in Tokyo. "I'm specializing in gradual greenback weak spot in 2021." FX speculators have been web brief the greenback since mid-March, as buyers' surging urge for food for riskier belongings harm demand for the buck. The greenback index traded little modified at 90.292 after including 0.3% in a single day. It fell as little as 89.206 on Jan. 6 for the primary time since March 2018. The euro was largely regular at $1.2164 after sliding 0.4% on Wednesday. The buck was little modified at 103.925 yen, following a 0.1% rise beforehand. Bitcoin was 0.6% larger at $37,655 on Thursday, up from as low as $30,261.13 on Jan. 11. ======================================================== Forex bid costs at 10:06AM (106 GMT) Description RIC Final U.S. Shut Pct Change YTD Pct Excessive Bid Low Bid Earlier Change Session Euro/Greenback $1.2165 $1.2159 +0.05% -0.43% +1.2171 +1.2155 Greenback/Yen 103.8670 103.8850 +0.01% +0.59% +103.9200 +103.8150 Euro/Yen 126.37 126.28 +0.07% -0.43% +126.4300 +126.2300 Greenback/Swiss 0.8871 0.8875 -0.04% +0.28% +0.8877 +0.8871 Sterling/Greenback 1.3651 1.3637 +0.10% -0.09% +1.3651 +1.3644 Greenback/Canadian 1.2686 1.2701 -0.10% -0.36% +1.2699 +1.2688 Aussie/Greenback 0.7749 0.7734 +0.20% +0.74% +0.7750 +0.7733 NZ 0.7191 0.7175 +0.24% +0.15% +0.7193 +0.7182 Greenback/Greenback All spots Tokyo spots Europe spots Volatilities Tokyo Foreign exchange market information from BOJ (Reporting by Kevin Buckland; Modifying by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)
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