The dollar rose to a one-week high against a basket of currencies on Thursday as traders closed out profitable bets against the greenback before Friday's U.S. payrolls report which may confirm the view the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates soon. The dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar's value versus six currencies, fell to its lowest in over 15 months on Tuesday, led by the yen's surge partly on skepticism about whether Japan policy-makers would intervene to slow its rise, according to Reuters. "We are seeing some shortcovering lifting the dollar against most major currencies. You can largely attribute it to tomorrow's nonfarm payrolls report," said Ron Simpson, director of currency research at Action Economics in Tampa, Florida. Trading volume was thin as Japanese markets were shut for the Golden Week holiday. They will reopen on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters forecast U.S. employers likely added 202,000 workers in April following a 215,000 increase in March with the jobless rate holding at 5.0 percent.