By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices extended gains and the dollar remained up slightly on Thursday after a report showed U.S. jobless claims fell to 359,000 in the latest week, above analysts' expectations, after revisions to prior week's numbers. Separately, data showed the U.S. economy grew 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011, unrevised from a prior estimate. The dollar index DXY +0.20% , which measures the greenback's performance against a basket of six major currencies, pared gains to 79.291, compared with 79.253 in North American trade late Wednesday. The euro EURUSD -0.36% fell to $1.3267, from $1.3326 Wednesday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -0.32% , which move inversely to prices, fell 4 basis points to 2.17%, from 2.19% before the data. Still to come is the government's auction of 7-year notes 7_YEAR -0.32% .
