LONDON—Safe-haven demand briefly lifted the yen on Friday after former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, while the dollar’s continued strength kept the euro hovering just above parity.
The single currency has hit successive 20-year low this week on signs the eurozone economy will tip into recession, but it rose off earlier session lows as markets adjusted some bets ahead of monthly U.S. jobs data.
