The Australian dollar circled the 75 US cent mark for most of Friday's local session, holding its ground after this week's steep fall as the US dollar was buoyed by expectations of an upbeat US employment report.
The AUD was at $0.7508/13, compared with $0.7515/20 late on Thursday, comfortably above this week's low of $0.7402 but down from $0.7737 as of last Friday.