India, March 5 -- The U.S. dollar extended gains against its key counterparts in the European session on Friday, after a report showed that the nation's job growth accelerated more than expected in February, driven by reopening of businesses following a drop in new coronavirus infections and the rollout of the vaccines.

Data from the Labor Department showed much stronger than expected U.S. job growth in February amid a significant rebound in employment in the leisure and hospitality industry.

The non-farm payroll employment jumped by 379,000 jobs in February after climbing by an upwardly revised 166,000 jobs in January.

Economists had expected employment to increase by 182,000 jobs compared to the uptick of 49,000 jobs originally repor...