NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar improved and Treasury prices extended a decline, pushing yields up, on Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said the economy added 216,000 jobs in March. The unemployment rate fell to 8.8%, compared to a forecast of 9% and 8.9% last month. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.52, +0.05, +1.36%) , which move inversely to prices, rose 4 basis points to 3.51%. The dollar index (DXY 76.41, +0.55, +0.72%) , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of major currencies, rose to 76.300 from 76.120 before the data and up versus 75.851 in late North American trading Thursday. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar (USDYEN 84.2200, +1.0200, +1.2263%) jumped to 84.21 yen, from ¥83.87 earlier and ¥83.08 late Thursday. The euro (EURUSD 1.4099, -0.0070, -0.4941%) fell to $1.4116, from $1.4150 before the data and $1.4204 Thursday.
