#EUR/USD#  #currencies: #dollar picked up momentum on Thursday, lifting its index to 106.31 as doubts on bets of a slowdown in U.S interest rates. The #euro steadied at $1.0394 after NATO said the missile was from Ukraine, not Russia. The Japanese #yen hovered at 139.25 while the Chinese #yuan lost at 7.1033 per dollar. Sterling stood at $1.1918 in Asia trade. The Aussie and the Kiwi fell slightly to $0.6742 and $0.6152 respectively.