By Polya Lesova
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar extended losses against major rivals Friday, sinking against the Japanese yen in particular, after worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data. Total non-farm payrolls increased by only 39,000 in November, the Labor Department reported. In contrast, economists expected an increase of 155,000. The unemployment rate rose to 9.8% in November from 9.6% in the previous month, defying expectations for an unchanged reading. The dollar slipped 0.9% to 82.95 Japanese yen and the euro gained 0.5% to $1.3271. The dollar index (DXY 79.83, -0.47, -0.59%) , which tracks the performance of the greenback against a basket of other major currencies, dropped 0.5% to 79.891 compared with 80.059 before the data.
