Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested on Saturday, denies charges of attacking and attempting to rape a hotel maid.
He had been due to appear in court on Sunday but the hearing was postponed until Monday to allow the forensic tests to be carried out.
The former French finance minister is also considered a possible Socialist candidate for the presidency.
He had been scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday in Berlin and then attend an EU finance ministers' meeting in Brussels on Monday on bailouts for Portugal and Greece.
I do not believe for one second the accusations brought against my husband”
Anne Sinclair
Wife of Mr Strauss-Kahn
Correspondents say he has been central to efforts to stabilise the finances of struggling eurozone member states and his detention is likely to complicate the process.
The Euro fell half a cent to $1.4063 when Asian markets opened on Monday - a six-week low against the dollar - reflecting concerns about the impact the arrest could have on bailouts plans for Portugal and Greece.
Mr Strauss-Kahn - often referred to in France simply as DSK - was detained at JFK airport on Saturday night as he prepared to fly to Europe.
He is believed to have been in New York on personal business. He does not have diplomatic immunity, a New York police spokesman said.
The first reaction of many ordinary French people is that this has got to be a put-up job. That says more about French political culture, that there have been so many operations mounted against politicians. It has been full of dirty tricks in the past.
But this changes everything. There's a lingering hope among some of Mr Strauss-Kahn's supporters that somehow this will be explained away.
The conspiracy theories are beginning to circulate on the internet but realistically there is no evidence for that. I think in the next day or so, the realisation will really take hold that his candidacy is over.
For the left, it is a bitter blow because he was very much the man they thought could carry their banner through to next year's elections and beat Nicolas Sarkozy.
The 62-year-old was kept overnight in a special unit for sexual harassment in New York's Harlem borough. On Sunday he was charged with a "criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment, and attempted rape".
Police say the 32-year-old woman who made the allegations has formally identified him in a line-up.
Mr Strauss-Kahn's clothing will be tested for DNA traces, the New York Times reported.
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