LONDON: The dollar was on track for its biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday as investors bet on the chances of a U.S. interest rate hike by the end of the year.
The U.S. currency has clocked up a 1.5 percent gain against a basket of currencies in a week in which Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reiterated that U.S. rates were likely to increase this year.
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