MW: Dollar, Treasurys rise more after sentiment index
By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar and Treasury prices extended gains slightly on Friday after the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters index on U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell to 75.5 in early April. The dollar index DXY +0.44% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, edged up to 79.720, from 79.656 before the report and 79.269 in late North American trading on Thursday. The euro EURUSD -0.64% fell to $1.3102 from $1.3199. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -2.53% , which move inversely to prices, fell 6 basis points to 1.99%.
