NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar regained some ground against major rivals on Friday after a report showed consumer sentiment pulled back more than anticipated this month. The University of Michigan/Reuters index fell to 69.4 in early October from 73.5 in September. Analysts surveyed by MarketWatch expected, on average, for the index to read 72. The dollar index (DXY 75.75, +0.27, +0.36%) , a measure of the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, rose to 75.756, up from 75.480 in North American trade late Thursday after sliding to a series of 14-month lows earlier in the week. The dollar was higher before the report amid data showing foreign investors nearly doubled purchases of U.S. assets in August and better-than-forecast gains in industrial production and capacity utilization last month.
