MW: Dollar extends gains, Treasurys up after claims
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar extended gains slightly and Treasury prices held onto an advance Thursday after a report showed U.S. jobless claims declined a little more in the latest week than analysts predicted. The dollar index DXY +0.31% , which measures the greenback's performance against a basket of six other currencies, rose to 79.904, from 79.810 before the data and 79.654 in North American trade late Wednesday. The euro EURUSD -0.4281% fell to $1.3154 from $1.3205. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -0.70% , which move inversely to prices, fell 2 basis points to 2.28%. Still to come is the Treasury Department's auction of inflation-indexed 10-year securities and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's second of four university lectures on the central bank.
