Tokyo: The US dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six currencies, fell by 0.2 percent to 97.43 at the start of trading on Monday. This movement comes as markets anticipated the release of critical economic data, including retail sales, inflation, and the jobs report scheduled for Wednesday.

According to Qatar News Agency, the Japanese yen experienced a rise of 0.5 percent to 156.43 yen per dollar. This increase followed a significant victory by the coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in elections held on Sunday.

In other currency movements, the British pound remained steady at USD 1.3615, while the euro rose by 0.2 percent to USD 1.1833. The US dollar showed stability against the Chinese yuan in offshore trading in Hong Kong, holding at CNY 6.929. The New Zealand dollar remained unchanged at USD 0.6018, and the Australian dollar experienced a rise of 0.2 percent to USD 0.7028.