The US dollar was still up a bit against a basket of other major currencies ahead of the release of US jobs data for March, the pound slips as manufacturing growth falls to a 13-month low . For its part, the euro continued its decline after having stumbled the day before.

Around 09:00 GMT (11:00 CET), the Dollar index, which compares the greenback to a basket of other major currencies, took 0.14% to 98.45 points. Against the euro, the dollar took some 0.09% to 1.1058 dollars for one euro. The euro, which saw its course melt Thursday against the dollar, fell a little further on Friday, analysts still worrying about the situation in Ukraine.

The pound fell slightly against the US dollar on Friday and was on course for a weekly loss of around 0.5%. At 0852 GMT, the pound was down 0.2% against the dollar at $1.3125.