The U.S. dollar lost ground against its rivals on early Friday as domestic private sector job creation fell short of forecasts, keeping U.S. government bond yields under pressure.
On Friday, hobbled by renewed speculation of an imminent pause in the Federal Reserve's tightening cycle, perhaps as soon as it delivers a widely expected rate hike later this month.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) set the yuan reference rate at 6.8664 vs the previous day's fix of 6.8599.
The AUDUSD was down 0.01% at $0.7235, near a three-week trough of 0.7192 hit on Thursday.
Risk reversals on the EUR, a gauge of calls to puts on the common currency, rose to six-month highs on Thursday, indicating investors are trimming bearish bets in anticipation of a stronger rally.
The USD/JPY is currently trading at 112.75 - up 0.10 percent on the day - having bounced off from the 100-day moving average (MA) support yesterday.
The NZD/USD is trading back into 0.6880 after December's early open saw the Kiwi lift into six-month highs, but a resurgence in broad-market fears surrounding trade wars is seeing risk-based assets stooping against the US Dollar, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
The EUR/GBP consolidation mode solidifies as traders eagerly await a breakout, Negative RSI divergence warns prices may turn lower on fading momentum , Horizontal range support breakout exposes eventually testing the 2018 lows
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