MW: Dollar edges up, Treasurys hold gain after claims
By Deborah Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices held onto small gains and the dollar edged up on Thursday after a report showed U.S. weekly jobless claims fell to 370,000. Traders are likely to focus more on European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's press conference and for the ECB's updated growth forecasts. The dollar index DXY -0.05% , which tracks the currency against a basket of six currencies, traded at 79.782, from 79.770 before the data and 79.774 late Wednesday in North America. The euro slipped to $1.3072 from late Wednesday's $1.3078. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -0.63% , which move inversely to prices, stayed down 1 basis point to 1.58%, their lowest in more than two weeks.
