"The dollar found itself under renewed selling pressure during Friday's trading session despite US President Donald Trump stating that he expects the currency to get 'stronger and stronger'," said Lukman Otunuga at FXTM.

European stock markets rebounded from a round of heavy selling seen the previous day, but some analysts said the continent's equity investors lacked conviction.

"Even though equities are in positive territory the level of enthusiasm isn't anything special, and it feels like a lacklustre rally," said David Madden, market analyst at CMC Markets UK.

Wall Street was also higher approaching midday in New York, as exporting companies stood to gain from the softer dollar and chip giant Intel reported strong results.

After two quarters of expansion above three percent, US GDP slowed to 2.6 percent in the October-December period held down by a big jump in imports, the Commerce Department said in a first estimate.