Dollar up on swine flu outbreak; peso tumbles
April 27, 2009 at 06:27 AM EDT
The dollar gets a lift from safe-haven buying engendered by a swine flu outbreak that has claimed more than 100 lives in Mexico that's prompted emergency measures in the U.S. and elsewhere as health officials try to get a handle on the potential for a pandemic. Japan's yen also makes gains, as Mexico's peso gets hit hard.