By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar and Treasury prices remained lower on Wednesday after the Labor Department said its consumer price index fell 0.1% in April. Both the currency and bonds had been down before the report, paring a small share of the big gains notched late Tuesday as word of Germany's ban on short selling raised uncertainty and volatility, which tend to increase the relative appeal of U.S. assets. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.2244, +0.0061, +0.5007%) traded at $1.2246, from $1.2204 in late North American trading Tuesday. It fell to a fresh four-year low of $1.2143 earlier. The dollar index [s$dxy], which tracks the U.S. unit against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 86.987 from 87.160 late Tuesday. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 3.37, +0.02, +0.60%) , which move inversely to prices, rose 2 basis points to 3.37%. Still to come are minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting.
