The dollar has opened the new week on a firmer footing, with EUR-USD ebbing to a three-session low of 1.2006 and USD-JPY lifting back to within a few pips of Friday’s 12-day high at 113.31. The dollar has also made gains versus sterling and the Australian dollar, tumbling by 0.4% against the latter to a two-session low of 0.7835. The antipodean currency was helped by a forecast for iron ore prices to tumble 20% this year on the back of rising global supply and falling Chinese demand. The forecast was made by Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.