MW: Dollar pares gains, Treasurys down after payrolls
By Deborah Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar pared gains and Treasury prices briefly gave back some of their loss Friday after the U.S. Labor Department said the economy added 155,000 jobs in December, less than many economists expected. The dollar index DXY +0.20% , which measures the greenback's performance against a basket of six other major currencies, traded at 80.767 from 80.834 before the report and still up versus 80.447 late Thursday in North American trading. The euro EURUSD -0.2472% pared losses to $1.3014 compared with $1.3008 before the data and $1.3053 Thursday. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar USDJPY +0.9566% rose to ¥88.04, off its highs but well above the ¥87.26 level seen late Thursday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +1.51% , which move inversely to prices, rose 3 basis points to 1.95%, little changed from before the data.
