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U.S. Treasuries firm as auction well received
Wednesday May 26, 1:15 pm ET
NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - Treasuries prices added to early gains on Wednesday after an auction of $25 billion in new U.S. government debt drew strong overall demand.
The two-year notes went at a lower-than-expected high yield of 2.538 percent and drew bids for 2.32 times the amount on offer, comfortably above the 2.11 achieved at last month's auction and the 1.90 average of 2003.
Indirect bidders, which include customers of primary dealers and foreign central banks, picked up 40.4 percent of the whole issue, or $10.09 billion. That was near April's 40.8 percent and could help ease concerns that offshore central banks are cutting back purchases of U.S. debt.
Primary dealers took $13.85 billion of the issue.
The current two-year note (US2YT=RR) firmed 4/32 in price, nudging its yield down to 2.48 percent from 2.54 percent late Tuesday. Yields on the new notes had dipped in when-issued trading to stand at 2.56 percent just before the auction announcement.
