At 8:37 a.m. the Canadian dollar was trading at C $1.0249 to the greenback, or 97.57 U.S. cents, compared with C $1.0223, or 97.82 U.S. cents, at Monday's North American close.
SYDNEY/ WELLINGTON, March 15- The Australian dollar was within a whisker of reaching 100 yen on Friday as the new heads of the Bank of Japan finally won approval, while the New Zealand currency nursed a grudge against its own dovish-sounding central bank. A break of the psychological 100 yen barrier would open the way to the 2008 peak above 104..
*Sterling hit by woeful UK manufacturing data. SYDNEY/ TOKYO, March 13- The yen bounced back from a 3-1/ 2- year low versus the dollar on Wednesday as bears took profits after its hefty fall even though the currency still looks vulnerable to expectations of radical policy easing from the Bank of Japan.
*Dollar/yen hits highest level since August 2009. NEW YORK, March 8- The dollar rallied to a fresh 3-1/ 2- year high against the yen and a three-month high against the euro on Friday, buoyed by a report showing U.S. employers stepped up hiring in February, pushing the unemployment rate to a four-year low.
LONDON, March 8- The dollar hit a 3-1/ 2- year high against the yen and rose versus a basket of currencies on Friday, buoyed by expectations of better U.S. jobs data that would add to signs of recovery in the world's largest economy.
WELLINGTON/ SYDNEY, March 8- The Australian dollar hovered near a 4-1/ 2 year high on a broadly softer yen on Friday with the Bank of Japan remaining a sure bet for more stimulus, but it held steady on the greenback ahead of key China and U.S. data. *The New Zealand dollar also little changed at $0.8281.