LONDON, July 8 Reuters The euro slipped on Friday after the release of a biggerthanforecast U.S. payrolls figure for June, while German 10year bond yields rose, tracking Treasuries.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 372,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department39;s employment report showed. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 268,000 jobs added last month.

The euro slipped 0.35 by 1245 GMT at 1.012, but stayed off earlier session lows that had taken it to the brink of parity with the dollar.

German 10year government bond yields were up 4.5 basis points at 1.322 , off a session high of 1.34, while Europe39;s equity index turned negative after the data and was down 0.55.

Terminal rate pricing for June 2023 according to Fed fund futures edged up to around 3.5 versus 3.4 before the data.

Reporting by the London Markets Team, writing by Sujata Rao, Editing by Dhara Ranasinghe

Source Reuters