By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar turned down and Treasury prices remained under pressure on Friday after a report showed the U.S. consumer price index rose 0.4% in February. Core prices, excluding food and energy, rose a less-than-expected 0.1%. The dollar index DXY -0.31% , which tracks the U.S. unit against a basket of major currencies, turned down to 80.059, from 80.255 before the data and 80.158 in North American trade late Thursday. The euro EURUSD +0.30% turned up to $1.3116 from $1.3097 on Thursday. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar USDJPY +0.15% pared gains to ¥83.57 compared to ¥83.40. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +2.81% , which move inversely to prices, stayed up by 6 basis points to 2.34%. Still to come is data on consumer confidence.
