Treasury prices fall on jobs report relief

Published August 3, 2012 9:15pm ET



Treasury yields rose Friday, as a healthy jobs report encouraged investors to move back into stocks.

U.S. stocks jumped after four days of losses, after the government’s jobs report showed that hiring had picked up in July. The Standard & Poor’s 500 jumped 2 percent.

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