U.S. Dollar Index Little Higher

The September U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 97.04, up 0.25. Trading is choppy and near the session highs. PPI for June was up 0.4 percent; Year-over-year the PPI was down 0.7 percent. Core PPI came out at up 0.8 percent year-over-year and was up 0.3 percent month-over-month. The Empire Manufacturing for July came out at 3.86 versus -1.98 in June.