By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices resumed a slight decline and the dollar pared losses on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. housing starts unexpectedly fell in May. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +0.44% , which move inversely to prices, rose 1 basis point to 1.58%. The dollar index DXY -0.28% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, traded at 81.745, from 81.717 before the data and 82.002 in late North American trading on Monday. The euro EURUSD +0.33% rose to $1.2616, from $1.2572 on Monday.
