MW: Treasurys, dollar stay higher after home sales
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices and the U.S. dollar held onto the bulk of the day's gains on Monday after data showing existing home sales rose 7.6% to a 5.77 million pace. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.19, -0.04, -1.30%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 4 basis points to 3.20%. The euro [cur_eurusd] tumbled to $1.2349, down from $1.2581 late Friday. The dollar index (DXY 86.42, +1.05, +1.23%) , which tracks the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, rose to 86.458, up from 85.397 in late North American trading Friday.
