The US Dollar Index was at its highest since July 27 and was weighing on London Metal Exchange base-metal prices in the afternoon of Friday August 6, with all metals ending the week below where they were on Monday.
The US index touched a week-and-a-half high of 92.84 on Friday afternoon, following the release of positive employment data in the country.The numbers were an indication of growth in the US labor market, one of the Federal Reserve bank's key metrics for starting to tighten its monetary...