MW: Dollar turns down, Treasurys stay up after data
By Deborah Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar turned down and Treasury prices held onto gains on Wednesday after a report showed U.S. sales of existing homes rose in July, taking stocks off their opening lows. The dollar index DXY -.00% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, turned down to 81.898, from 82.069 before the data and 81.939 late Tuesday. The euro EURUSD +0.02% turned up to $1.2474, from $1.2463 on Tuesday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR -2.33% , which move inversely to prices, stayed down 5 basis points to 1.76%.
