NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The dollar held its earlier
gains versus a basket of currencies on Tuesday as a private
industry index fell in August, signaling the U.S. manufacturing
sector contracted for the first time since 2016 amid U.S.-China
trade tensions. At 10:06 a.m. (1406 GMT), an index that tracks the euro,
yen, sterling and three other currencies .DXY was 0.33% at
99.245. It touched 99.370 earlier Tuesday, which was its highest
level since May 2017.