MW: Treasury yields, dollar up after jobless claims
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices edged down and the dollar hung onto solid gains on Thursday after the U.S. Labor Department said jobless claims fell 36,000 to 383,000 in the latest week. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected claims to fall to 410,000. The dollar index (DXY 78.22, +0.58, +0.75%) , a measure tracking the greenback against a basket of six currencies, rose to 78.268 from 77.661 late Wednesday. The euro (EURUSD 1.3591, -0.0133, -0.9689%) traded at $1.3597, down from $1.3721 Wednesday. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.67, +0.02, +0.55%) , which move inversely to prices, rose 2 basis points to 3.68%. Still to come is the government's auction of 30-year bonds (UST30Y 4.73, +0.02, +0.45%) and the release of the Federal Reserve's schedule of upcoming debt buybacks.
