By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices improved slightly and the dollar declined on Wednesday after ADP said private employers added 201,000 jobs in the U.S. in March, fewer than analysts expected. The dollar index (DXY 76.22, -0.03, -0.04%) , which measures the greenback against a basket of major rivals, traded at 76.207, from 76.280 before the data and down from 76.247 in late U.S. trading Tuesday. The euro (EURUSD 1.4098, -0.0013, -0.0921%) traded at $1.4101, from $1.4086 earlier, and turning up from $1.4092 Tuesday. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar (USDYEN 83.0300, +0.5700, +0.6912%) pared gains to buy 82.99 yen, from ¥83.11 yen, and compared to ¥82.45 Tuesday. Yields on 2-year notes (UST2YR 0.83, 0.00, 0.00%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 2 basis points to 0.82%. Still to come is a Federal Reserve buyback of U.S. bonds, the Treasury's auction of 7-year notes (UST7YR 2.91, +0.01, +0.17%) and more speeches scheduled from Fed officials.
