By MarketWatch
SYDNEY (MarketWatch)-- The dollar edged higher during Asian trading hours Friday ahead of U.S. inflation and industrial-production reports due later in the day. The ICE dollar index DXY -0.07% , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, rose to 80.207, up from 80.158 in late North American trading on Thursday. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar weakened slightly to ¥83.30, compared with ¥83.40 late Thursday. The euro EURUSD +0.08% was little changed at $1.3095, down marginally from $1.3097, while the British pound GBPUSD +0.03% changed hands at $1.5718, down from $1.5724.
