MW: Treasurys, dollar hold gains after Philly Fed, LEI
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices and the dollar remained higher on Thursday after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's index on manufacturing for May rose to 21.4 and the leading indicators index for April fell 0.1%. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.24, -0.13, -3.77%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 12 basis points to 3.25%. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.2352, -0.0075, -0.6036%) slipped to $1.2352 from $1.2429 in late North American trading Wednesday. The dollar index (DXY 86.55, +0.16, +0.18%) , which tracks the U.S. unit against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, rose to 86.535 from 86.094 late Wednesday.
