U.S. dollar skids after jobs data

NEW YORK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday as market participants digested the February U.S. payrolls.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.68 percent to 104.5913.

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.0645 U.S. dollars from 1.0577 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.2031 U.S. dollar