Bond prices slip after durable goods orders gain

NEW YORK: US Treasuries prices extended early losses after government figures on new orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods came in stronger for May than economists had forecast.

Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, down 4/32 before the report, were down 5/32 afterward. Their yields stood at 2.93 percent, up from 2.91 on Thursday.

The Commerce Department said durable goods orders increased 1.9 percent after a revised 2.7 percent drop in April, previously reported as a 3.6 percent fall. Economists polled by Reuters had expected orders to rise 1.5 percent last month.

Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending, rebounded to increase 1.6 percent last month after a revised 0.8 percent fall in April.

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