Asian currencies edged higher on Monday as the dollar stabilized after a stronger-than-expected U.S. employment report, while investors awaited U.S. consumer price data for clues about Federal Reserve policy. The Dollar Index slipped 0.1% to 102.181 after rising 0.7% on Friday, its biggest one-day advance in five months. U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, more than twice economists' expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% from 4.2%. Markets priced nearly an 80% probability of a 25-basis-point Fed rate increase in December, up from around 71% a week earlier. The won led regional gains, while the yen, Australian dollar and Singapore dollar also strengthened; the rupee and yuan were little changed. China's producer-price inflation accelerated to 5.7% in October, while consumer-price growth slowed to 0.7%, underscoring an uneven recovery. Spot gold rebounded to $4,104.30 an ounce after initially weakening, and investors continued to monitor inflation, energy prices and other monetary-policy risks.