By Deborah Levine
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices pared a decline and the dollar extended losses against the euro on Tuesday after the Treasury Department said net foreign purchases of long-term U.S. securities were $110.9 billion in April, compared to $157.7 billion in March. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.26, +0.00, +0.06%) , which move inversely to prices, rose 1 basis point to 3.27%.The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.2291, +0.0081, +0.6634%) rose to $1.2288 from $1.2249 in North American trading late Monday. The dollar index (DXY 86.20, -0.32, -0.36%) , which measures the greenback against a basket of major currencies, slipped to 86.241 from 86.513.
