U.S. dollar index (DXY) briefly fell 12 points to a low of 99.70, now trading at 99.79.

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A US official told the Wall Street Journal that US forces pre-dawn Tuesday fired on a Panama‑flagged vessel attempting to run a US blockade of an Iranian port. The official said a US helicopter fired at the ship’s steering compartment after the crew ignored warnings from US personnel enforcing the blockade. There were no reports of casualties. The official said the vessel appeared to try to transfer crew to another civilian ship after being struck. Earlier Tuesday maritime security firm Vanguard reported that the Panama‑flagged container ship Vela Nova, westbound in the Gulf of Oman, was hit by a helicopter‑launched missile about 71 nautical miles off Pakistan; the missile ignited a fire that was later extinguished and all 17 crew were accounted for.