US dollar steady

The dollar halted its week-long slide on Friday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told the Federal Reserve to return money earmarked for pandemic lending to businesses, nonprofits and local governments, Reuters reports.

The dollar index stood at 92.349  off Thursday's low of 92.236, though it is still down 0.34 percent on the week.

The euro fetched US$1.1869, flat on the day but not far from this week's high of US$1.18935 touched on Tuesday and up 0.3 percent on week.

The yen stood at 103.83 per dollar, retaining its weekly gain of 0.8 percent.