The dollar made modest gains against most major rivals in Asian trading Friday, but stuck to relatively narrow ranges ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the session.
Economists expect the jobless rate to remain at a 26-year high of 10.2% in November, with 100,000 nonfarm payrolls lost. It would be the fewest jobs lost since January 2008.
The Labor Department's report is expected at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
The dollar index (DXY), which measures the U.S. currency against a trade-weighted basket of six major rival currencies, traded at 74.631, up from 74.619 in late North American trading Thursday.
The euro traded at $1.5087, down from $1.5097.
The dollar slipped slightly against its Japanese counterpart to 88.10 yen, from 88.27 yen late Thursday.
On Thursday, the dollar initially sank but then pared most of its losses after comments from European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet about U.S. officials' support for the greenback.
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