Weakness of the Dollar transferred to the new working week, as another piece of soft North American data pushed EUR/USD beyond 1.15.
The Greenback remained completely unchanged against its Canadian counterpart at the end of the previous week, although the 1.25 was put to the test.
The EUR/JPY currency pair edged lower for the second time on Friday, having plunged under the 122.00 major level.
The New Zealand Dollar succeeded in outperforming the American Dollar on Friday, but failed to retake the 0.70 mark, ultimately posting a 20-pip gain.
Upon putting the 20-day SMA to the test, the Australian currency erased all intraday gains and suffered an 18-pip loss, having approached the 0.76 major level on Friday.
On Friday gold prices were a subject to the sharpest rally since mid-March. Daily increase, which amounted to more than 2%, brought the spot to the 1,292.10 mark by session-end, up from 1,232.66 last Monday.
The US Dollar experienced another relatively sharp decline on Friday, falling below the 18-month low of 107.63.
The GBP/USD currency pair remained relatively unchanged on Friday, with the pair edging only 5 pips higher over that day.
Advance of the Euro against the Greenback was stretched over the American session on Friday, as the market allowed for a spike up until the 1.1450 mark.