MW:Dollar turns down as U.S. stock futures pare loss
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar turned down against the euro in early U.S. trading Friday as U.S. stock futures pared their losses, which currency traders took as an indication that investors may not be so risk-averse after the prior session's dramatic moves. After flitting near little changed through the European session, the dollar index DXY -0.45% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, lately fell to 73.955, from 74.216 in late North American trading Thursday. The euro EURUSD +0.38% turned up to $1.4391, from lows under $1.43 and versus $1.4331 on Thursday. Futures for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index SP1U -0.83% traded at 1,134.910, up from the lows of 1,117.40 but still down 0.7% on the day.
