By Deborah Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar and Treasury prices paredgains on Wednesday after ADP said private U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in September, more than economists expected. The dollar index DXY +0.14% , which measures the dollar against a basket of six currencies, slipped to 79.837 from 79.872 before the report and 79.735 in North American trading late Tuesday. It's gain was aided by a gain against the Japanese yen. The dollar USDJPY +0.3123% bought ¥78.43, up from ¥78.13 Tuesday. The euro EURUSD -0.1003% pared losses to $1.2917 from $1.2906 earlier and versus $1.2921 Tuesday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -0.31% , which move inversely to prices, pared a gain to 1 basis point to 1.62%, continuing a slow but extended decline in the last two weeks.
