The U.S. retail sales and import and export prices for January are due at 8:30 am ET Friday. The consensus estimates call for a 0.2 percent month-over-month increase in retail sales and a 0.1 percent rise in retail sales, excluding autos.

Ahead of these reports, the greenback showed mixed trading against its major rivals. While the greenback held steady against the franc and the yen, it rose against the euro and the pound.

The greenback was worth 1.1276 against the euro, 112.70 against the yen, 1.4509 against the pound and 0.9744 against the franc as of 8:25 am ET.

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