Investing.com - The euro gave up gains against the dollar on Thursday after an upbeat U.S. weekly jobless claims report offset somewhat dovish minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting.
In U.S. trading, EUR/USD was down 0.04% at 1.2730, up from a session low of 1.2704 and off a high of 1.2791.
The pair was likely to find support at 1.2499, last Friday's low, and resistance at 1.2903, the high from Sept. 23.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier that the number of individuals filing for initial jobless benefits in the week ending Oct. 4 fell by 1,000 to 287,000 from the previous week’s revised total of 288,000.
Analysts had expected jobless claims to rise by 6,000 to 294,000 last week, and the numbers gave the greenback support against the single currency.
The dollar softened broadly on Wednesday after the minutes of the Fed's Sept. 16-17 policy meeting revealed that a number of monetary authorities believe the bank's current language painted the wrong picture on the timing of rate hikes and that an interest rate rise should be tied to U.S. economic progress.
The minutes also showed that the U.S. central bank cut its growth outlook due to a stronger dollar and concerns over global weakness.
Elsewhere, the euro was down against the pound, with EUR/GBP down 0.22% at 0.7859, and down against the yen, with EUR/JPY down 0.34% at 137.16.
On Thursday, France is to produce data on industrial production.
The U.S. is to round up the week with data on import prices.