The Labor Department is scheduled to release its jobless claims report for the week ended April 30th at 8:30 am ET Thursday. Economists expect claims to have risen to 262,000 from 257,000 in the previous week.

Ahead of the data, the greenback showed mixed trading against the other major currencies. While the greenback eased against the pound and the yen, it rose against the euro and the franc.

The greenback was worth 107.11 against the yen, 0.9637 against the franc, 1.4500 against the pound and 1.1434 against the euro as of 8:25 am ET.

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