The dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar against six major currencies, rose 0.05% to 100.953 at the New York close. Crosses: EUR/USD 1.1416 (prev. 1.1434), GBP/USD 1.3398 (prev. 1.3416), USD/JPY 161.69 (prev. 162.34), USD/CHF 0.8085 (prev. 0.8066), USD/CAD 1.4152 (prev. 1.4167), USD/SEK 9.6638 (prev. 9.6602).

Lighthouse Professional data show that as of 20:34 on July 11 China’s daily box office exceeded 300 mln yuan, the first single-day total above 300 mln yuan since Feb. 26.

The US on Friday announced a new round of sanctions after Iran resumed attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Treasury designated Dubai-based Iranian banker and businessman Ali Ansari — previously sanctioned by the UK — as a key financier of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba, accusing him of moving public wealth into overseas real estate and commercial assets to benefit himself, regime elites and the IRGC. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also designated major Iranian currency exchange houses, which it said transfer tens of billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks and use multi-layered shell companies to conceal the government’s illicit financial activity.