At $1.1535 the euro was not far from Monday's one-month low of $1.1523, while sterling , at $1.3470, was not far above a six-week trough of $1.3464 it had made on Monday
The US dollar index , which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading at 99.081, holding steady after gaining 0.3% on Thursday to reach its highest level since September 7