MW: Dollar slips more, Treasurys stay up after data
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices held onto gains and the dollar pared losses slightly on Thursday after a report showed U.S. sales of new homes slowed to a 284,000 pace in January. The dollar index (DXY 77.13, -0.28, -0.37%) , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, traded at 77.064, from 77.105 before the data but still down from 77.373 in late North American trading on Wednesday. The euro (EURUSD 1.3782, +0.0036, +0.2619%) rose to $1.3796, from $1.3786 earlier and still up from $1.3661. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.44, -0.04, -1.18%) , which move inversely to prices, fell 4 basis points to 3.45%.
