MW: Dollar edges up, Treasurys hold gains after LEI
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar added to slight gains and Treasury prices stayed higher on Friday after the Conference Board said its U.S. leading economic index rose 1.1% in November. The dollar index (DXY 80.23, +0.05, +0.06%) , which measures the U.S. unit's performance against a basket of six other currencies, rose to 80.253, from 80.198 before the data and up from 80.167 on Thursday. The euro changed hands at $1.3211, down from $1.3217 in late North American trading Thursday. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.40, -0.03, -0.96%) , which move in the opposite direction as prices, fell 4 basis points to 3.39%.
