The US dollar edged higher against its major rivals on Friday, with investors looking ahead to next week's key economic reports for further clues on the economic outlook in the world's major economies.
At 9pm GMT the euro changed hands at ¥117.68, up 0.2 percent.
The euro was quoted at US$1.2116, down 0.4 percent.
The British pound was down 0.5 percent to US$1.7372 dollar, and the US dollar strengthened 0.5 percent to 1.3033 Swiss francs.
The yuan was worth 8.0075 to the dollar, while the Swiss franc brought 1.5795 euro.
For the quarter, the US dollar has lost about 2.4 percent against the euro, and 0.1 percent against the yen.
It was a choppy performance for the dollar on the last day of the quarter, with a mixed batch of US economic data offering little fresh direction for the currencies market.
The driving force on the markets today was "position-adjustments at the fiscal year and quarter end," said Marc Chandler, currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman. "The market is positioning anticipating outflows from Japan" in the new fiscal year. Repatriation-related buying ahead of the year-end on March 31 has helped the yen strengthen recently.
"The fact that the market has increased expectations for both Federal Reserve and ECB [European Central Bank] tightening means that the US dollar is likely to remain range-bound," BBH's Chandler said.
A benign inflation report weighed on the US currency early in the session, but the dollar quickly recovered to pre-data levels.
Core personal consumption expenditure index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation indicator, rose 0.1 percent, the Commerce Department said. Consumer spending rose 0.1 percent in February, while incomes rose 0.3 percent.
The dollar showed little reaction to better-than-expected consumer sentiment and solid Chicago purchasing managers survey data.
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to 88.9 late last month from 86.7 early last month and February.
Economists were expecting the index to inch higher to 86.9, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch.
The Chicago purchasing managers index rose to 60.4 last month from 54.9 in February, the highest level since December. Economists were expecting the Chicago PMI index to rise to 56.9. Readings over 50 indicate growth in the region.
Elsewhere, orders for US-made manufactured goods rose 0.2 percent in February, the Commerce Department said. Economists were looking for new orders to rise about 1.4 percent in February after falling a revised 3.9 percent in January.
Also on Friday, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig said core inflation was encouraging for the most part and the slowdown in the fourth-quarter was largely "transitory." He said the US economy was moving toward full capacity use.
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