Dollar Falls After US Jobs Report The dollar fell against most major currencies in light trading Friday following a weak U.S. jobs report. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in March, down from more than 200,000 in each of the previous three months. Economists expected 210,000 jobs to be added last month. The unemployment rate fell to 8.2 percent, the lowest since January 2009, but that was mainly due to more people giving up on finding work. The euro was trading at $1.3095 late Friday $1.3060 late Thursday. Currency trading is light because many traders are off for Good Friday. The U.S. stock market is closed and U.S. government bond trading closed at noon Eastern. In other trading, the British pound rose to $1.5885 from $1.5828. The dollar fell to 81.59 Japanese yen from 82.36 yen and to 0.9172 Swiss franc from 0.9201 Swiss franc. The dollar rose to 99.71 Canadian cent from 99.38 Canadian cents.