U.S. Dollar Index Higher, Industrial Production Improves

The March U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 100.74, up 0.42. The Federal Reserve report reported that U.S. industrial production rose 0.8 percent on the month in December versus a 0.7 percent decline in November. Year over year industrial production was up 0.5 percent versus a 0.6 percent fall in November. Capacity utilization improved to 75.5 percent from 74.9 percent. December manufacturing production rose 0.2 percent versus a rise of 0.1 percent in November.