By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar edged up and Treasury prices held slight gains on Thursday after a report showed U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly fell to 364,000 in the latest week. A separate report showed third-quarter growth was revised down to 1.8%. The euro EURUSD -0.05% slipped to $1.3043, from $1.3050 before the data and versus $1.3049 in late North American trade Wednesday. The dollar index DXY -0.03% , a measure of the greenback's performance against six major currencies, rose to 80.022 from 79.982 prior to the reports and 79.999 Wednesday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -0.86% , which move inversely to prices, stayed down 2 basis points to 1.95%. Bond strategists at CRT Capital group noted that volume overnight was the weakest since July so investors should take the magnitude of any move "with a grain of salt." Still to come is a report on U.S. consumer confidence this month.
