By Deborah Levine
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices and the U.S. dollar added to gains on Friday after a report showed housing starts rose 1.6% to 626,000 last month, stronger than many economists expected. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.83, -0.03, -0.70%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 2 basis points to 3.81%. The dollar index (DXY 80.61, +0.12, +0.15%) , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, moved up to 80.651, from 80.475 late Thursday. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.3527, -0.0052, -0.3829%) fell to $1.3528, from $1.3575 Thursday. Still to come is a report on consumer confidence and speeches from two Federal Reserve officials.
