Investing.com - The euro touched five-month highs Monday after the first round of the French presidential election.
Market-friendly centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round.
Polls suggest Macron will easily beat anti-euro candidate Marine Le Pen in the run-off next month.
The euro touched five-month highs at $1.09. It was up 1.03% at $1.0838 at 03:00 ET.
The euro's strength pushed the dollar index down 0.51% to 99.15 after dipping below 99.
The dollar was up 0.94% 110.13 yen ahead of BoJ policy meeting on Thursday.
The pound was off 0.37% at $1.2778 as investors look to the U.K. general election on June 8.