MW: Euro turns down, Treasurys lower after U.S. data
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The euro gave up gains against the dollar and Treasury prices remained under pressure after the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite home price index showed U.S. home prices fell 0.6% in September. The euro [c: cur_eurusd] turned down to $1.3306, from $1.3337 before the data and $1.3307 in North American trading late Monday. The dollar index DXY -0.07% , which measures the performance of the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, pared its loss to 79.117 from 78.978 from 79.236 Monday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +1.92% , which move inversely to prices, rose 1 basis point to 1.99%.
