
Interest on US government bonds declined as well as those in 10-year German bonds, as a consequence of risk exclusion on the part of investors.
Good data on US home construction in October raised investor stakes for further interest rates, at the Fed meeting in December.
The dollar index fell 0.28%, with the euro adding 0.2% to 1.1793 at the end of last week.
The blue Dow Jones Industrial Average index lost 100.12 points, or 0.43% to 23,358.24 points, while the S&P 500 fell 6.79 points, or 0.26% to 2 578.85 points. Technological Nasdaq Composite lost 10.5 points, or 0.15% to 6 782.79 points.
Two-year interest on US bonds reached a new nine-year high at 1.73%.
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