Aussie ended trading Friday lower against the dollar after more investors hurried to lock in gains in one of the year's best-performing currencies.
At the close, the dollar was trading at $0.9197, having slid as low as $0.9151, down from $0.9240 seen here at Thursday’s close, and well off a 15-month high of $0.9407 hit on Monday.
Online Currency Trading. Free $50,000 Practice Account!
Against the yen, the dollar weakened to 81.79, from Thursday's 82.33 yen and well under a high of 84.22 yen hit last week. Profit-taking also hit most Asian stock markets on Friday, dragging share prices lower.
