EUR/USD rose to 1.3686, the highest level since January 2 and was last up 0.45% to 1.3668. For the week, the pair gained 0.29%.The pair is likely to find support at 1.3552, the low of January 8 and resistance at 1.3700.The dollar turned broadly lower after the Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 74,000 jobs in January, the smallest increase since January 2011 and well below expectations for 196,000 new jobs.The unemployment rate fell to a five year low of 6.7% from 7% in November, but this was due in part to people dropping out of the labor force. The labor participation rate fell to an almost 35-year low of 62.8%.
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