month euro low of $1.2766. The dollar was 0.5 percent weaker against the yen at 107.32 yen JPY= after rising to 108.06 yen earlier in the session. Gold tends to rise when leading assets such as the dollar and U.S. stock markets are dropping as the precious metal is seen as a classic store of value in troubled times. June delivery gold GCM5 climbed $2.50 to $429.00 an ounce on the NYMEX's COMEX division U.S. Treasury debt prices were down, influenced by stock market movements. Uncertainties about the outlook for economic growth allowed the bond market to put aside some of the Federal Reserve "banter" about inflation, said Anthony Chan, senior managing director and chief economist at JP Morgan Asset Management. The 10-year note US10YT=RR dipped 1/32 in price with its yield at 4.25 percent. In afternoon trade, the 30-year bond US30YT=RR price slipped 2/32, its yield at 4.60 percent, unchanged from late on Friday. Two-year notes US2YT=RR were down 2/32 with a yield of 3.54 percent from 3.49 percent on Friday.
