By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices slightly pared losses and the dollar extended a decline on Monday after the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index fell to 14 in July from a downwardly revised 16 in June. The euro (CUR_EURUSD 1.2979, +0.0087, +0.6748%) rose to $1.2978, up from $1.2942 in North American trade late Friday. It rose as high as $1.2991 early in the European trading session. The dollar index (DXY 82.43, -0.06, -0.07%) , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, fell to 82.441, from 82.504 on Friday. Yields on 10-year notes (UST10Y 2.96, +0.03, +0.99%) , which move inversely to prices, rose 2 basis points to 2.95%.
