By Nick Godt
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar came off earlier highs against major counterparts on Thursday after the Labor Department reported weekly jobless claims rose 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 434,000, following two weeks of big declines. The dollar index (DXY 78.03, +0.54, +0.69%) , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six major counterparts, stood at 77.930, compared with 78.051 ahead of the report.
