MW: Treasurys up, dollar down after jobless claims
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) --Treasury prices rose slightly and the dollar remained lower Thursday after a report showed initial claims for jobless benefits rose 15,000 to 472,000 in the latest week. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 2.93, -.00, -0.14%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 2 basis points to 2.91%. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.2362, +0.0129, +1.0545%) traded at $1.2358, up from $1.2247 in North American trading late Wednesday. The dollar index (DXY 85.29, -0.73, -0.84%) , a measure of the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 85.358 from 86.012 late Wednesday. Still to come are data on pending home sales and the ISM's manufacturing index.
