India, April 7 -- A larger-than expected addition to non-farm payrolls curtailed the dollar's losses in a week marked by global chaos on the trade front and weak economic data from the U.S. The week ended April 4 witnessed the U.S. Dollar inter alia slipping against the euro, the Japanese yen, the Canadian Dollar, the Swedish Krona, and the Swiss franc but gaining against the British pound and the Australian dollar. The Dollar Index closed almost a percent lower in a week's time.
The Dollar Index (DXY), a measure of the Dollar's strength against a basket of 6 currencies slipped 0.98 percent during the week ended April 4. The DXY which had closed at 104.04 on the last Friday of March, finished trading at 103.02 on the first Friday of April....