By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices gained and the U.S. dollar remained higher on Thursday after the Labor Department said jobless claims unexpectedly rose by 18,000 to 460,000 in the latest week. Yields on 10-year Treasury notes (UST10Y 3.85, -0.10, -2.46%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 1 basis point to 3.85%. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.3322, -0.0017, -0.1275%) fell to $1.3318 from $1.3375 in late North American trading Wednesday. The dollar index (DXY 81.75, +0.30, +0.37%) , which measures the U.S unit against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, rose to 81.698 from 81.446 late Wednesday. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet also began his monthly news conference at the same time. Still to come is the Treasury's sale of 30-year bonds (UST30Y 4.74, -0.09, -1.93%) .
