SINGAPORE, March 11 (MNI) - The U.S. dollar was mixed in the Asian morning Thursday, losing ground against the yen but firmer on the euro, with trade driven largely by a slew of data releases in the region, most notably out of China and Australia.

This morning's data releases included Japan's fourth quarter GDP revisions, Australian unemployment data, and a host of Chinese indicators including new loans, CPI and industrial output.

By Dennis Pettit

NEW YORK, March 10 (MNI) - The dollar was holding a mixed tone in afternoon dealings Wednesday having slipped slightly vs. the euro while scratching out slight gains vs. the yen on a day when early risk-appetite and decent trading flows gave way to a muted afternoon and flows that were at a trickle.

SINGAPORE, March 10 (MNI) - The U.S. dollar was relatively steady against the euro and the yen in the Asian morning Wednesday, amid another session devoid of any major market moving news, although a weaker U.K. pound gave the dollar a mild boost.

Just before midday here, dollar-yen was at Y89.98 compared with Y89.96 late in the U.S. session overnight, after a Y89.83 to Y90.07 range this morning.

Euro-dollar was at $1.3597 versus $1.3590 overnight in the U.S. The pair traded between $1.3586 and $1.3612 this morning.

By Dennis Pettit

NEW YORK, March 9 (MNI) - The dollar was nursing slight losses vs. the euro while scoring modest gains vs the yen Tuesday in a session marked by modest ebb and flow of risk appetites as measured by U.S. stocks.

Euro-dollar was changing hands at $1.3592 in afternoon dealings, in the upper reaches of a modest $1.3537/1.3615 U.S. hours range, the euro beginning the U.S. session around $1.3555.

LONDON, Mar. 9 (MNI) - Continued risk aversion, Fitch warnings over Portugal credit grading and further Japanese exporter sales of euro-yen acted to extend euro-dollar's corrective pullback from Monday's recovery highs at $1.3705, with the rate touching a low of $1.3563 ahead of the New York open.

SINGAPORE, March 9 (MNI) - The U.S. dollar saw another mixed morning in Asia Tuesday, ending the morning weaker against the yen but firmer versus the euro, after shuffling within narrow ranges in a session devoid of any major economic data releases.

Just after midday here, euro-dollar was trading at $1.3626, down slightly from where it had ended in New York, around $1.3638, after a fairly tight $1.3606 to $1.3633 Asian morning range.

By Dennis Pettit

NEW YORK, March 8 (MNI) - The dollar was holding slight gains vs the euro in quiet afternoon dealings Monday while holding about steady vs the yen as a dearth of U.S. economic data and a lack of significant new developments left traders scratching around for fresh trading cues amid familiar trading ranges.

Euro-dollar was changing hands at $1.3635 in afternoon dealings Monday, in the lower reaches of the day's $1.3605/90 US hours range, the euro beginning the U.S. session around $1.3655.

SINGAPORE, March 8 (MNI) - The U.S. dollar was weaker against the euro but up slightly compared with the yen Monday afternoon in Asia as risk sentiment improved following upbeat U.S. data on Friday and some tentative signs of improvement in Greece.

Friday's U.S. data showed February non-farm payrolls fell by 36,000 in February, versus MNI's median of -50,000. January and December saw upward revisions of +35,000, largely offsetting February losses.

The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.7%, versus MNI's median looking for a small uptick to 9.8%.