By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) — The dollar gained against the yen and most major rivals on Friday, with details on Greece’s bond swap due as well as key U.S. jobs data.
The dollar USDJPY +0.09% bought 81.79 yen, up from ¥81.60 in late North American trading on Thursday, and ¥81.21 on Wednesday.
The ICE dollar index DXY +0.18% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies traded at 79.21, from 79.090 late the previous day.
Reports have put the take-up of Greece’s bond swap at more than 85%, which, if confirmed, would enable the country to receive its second major bailout from its institutional lenders.
With Greece’s bond details due to be confirmed early in the European trading day, “focus will likely shift back to U.S. economic data near-term,” said strategists at Brown Brothers Harriman,
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch project the U.S. added 213,000 last month. The economy gained a preliminary 243,000 jobs in January and 203,000 in December, though both of those numbers will be revised. Read jobs preview.
The euro EURUSD -0.32% traded at $1.3263 against the dollar, from $1.3286.
The euro EURJPY -0.25% bought ¥108.48 yen, from ¥108.40 in late trading Thursday, while the British pound GBPUSD -0.17% bought $1.5817, from $1.5833.
Sarah Turner is MarketWatch's bureau chief in Sydney.
