euro hong kong dollar us dollar japanese yen pound and chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration january 21 2016 reutersjason lee singapore may 17 reuters  the dollar fought for a footing on tuesday and the tumbling chinese yuan found a floor as investors trimmed bets on whether us interest rate rises will drive further dollar gains the greenback has edged from a twodecade high this week and was a touch softer across the board in early asia trade while us bond yields have pulled back slightly as traders reckon aggressive nearterm hikes will drag on longerrun us growth the euro rose about 01 on the dollar to 10446 and the australian and new zealand dollars lifted about 01 and are off multiyear lows chinas yuan was steady at 67953 per dollar in offshore trade and seems to be finding a base after sliding more than 6 in a month hopes for an end to shanghais strict covid19 lockdown has offset poor april economic data and traders are also encouraged by more signs of policy support china cut mortgage rates for firsthome buyers over the weekend and on monday sources told reuters that authorities had asked some financially healthy property developers to sell bonds in order to help boost market sentiment read more dollarcnh has been a big driver of g10 currencies said chris weston head of research at brokerage pepperstone in melbourne referring to offshore yuan he added that a pause in its slide as well as a calming of markets volatility generally has paused dollar gains for now a lot has been priced in and were not getting any new news from fed officials he said i think people are just taking some of that money off the table at the moment sterling has bounced about 15 from a twoyear hold and was steady at 12328 on tuesday the yen held at 129115 and is holding above a twodecade trough the us dollar index dipped marginally to 104100 and is about 08 below fridays 20year peak of 105100 global interest rate expectations are also growing more hawkish the gap between 10year german and us real yields has narrowed by more than 30 basis points this month and central banks in britain and australia have raised rates minutes from the reserve bank of australias may meeting are due later in the day as are public appearances from several federal reserve officials including chairman jerome powell at 1800 gmt the australian dollar last bought 06976 and the new zealand dollar 06309