The dollar was recovering slightly from losses in the previous session triggered by weak U.S. labor market data.
Companies cut more than 150,000 jobs in October, the biggest reduction for the month since 2003, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
In the absence of official data during the U.S. government shutdown, markets are placing more importance on private data.
“With the December Federal Reserve meeting more or less a coin toss which crucially depends on labor market picture, market is overreacting to any hints about the labor market,” Jefferies economist Mohit Kumar said in a note.
The DXY dollar index rose 0.1% to 99.816 but stayed close to the almost one-week low of 99.671 reached Thursday.