The U.S. dollar racked up its biggest rise in two weeks in 2017's first full day of European trading on Tuesday, as dealers and investors in London returned to push the greenback to within 1 percent of December's long-term highs, Reuters reported. It rose 0.6 percent on the day on Tuesday to trade at 102.87 against the index, compared to a 14-year high of 103.65 hit on Dec. 20. It strengthened 0.2 percent to $1.0431 per euro and 0.4 percent to 118 yen, its highest in two weeks.