Treasurys turn up, dollar pares loss on Draghi

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Treasury prices turned up and the euro pared its gains against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said officials would continue short-term liquidity operations but stopped short of opening the door to a more aggressive reaction to the European sovereign-debt crisis. The euroEURUSD +0.14% briefly turned negative but lately traded at $1.2459, after topping $1.25 during the session and versus $1.2448 in North American trade late on Tuesday. The dollar index DXY -0.11% , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, pared its losses to trade at 82.731, from 82.801. Yields on 10-year notes10_YEAR -0.76% , which move inversely to prices, fell 1 basis point to 1.57%. 


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