TREASURIES-Little changed in Asia; sale, data awaited
TOKYO, Nov 25 - U.S. Treasuries were little changed in Asia on Wednesday, moving sideways ahead of a slew of economic data releases and a seven-year debt sale later in the day.
* The market was supported after getting a lift from a well-received $42 billion five-year note auction on Tuesday. A two-year sale on Monday had already attracted reasonable demand and Wednesday's $32 billion seven-year tender is being eyed as it is the last supply hurdle of the week.
* The market's upside, however, was capped before U.S. economic data releases later in the day, including new home sales, personal spending, durable goods orders and consumer sentiment. <ECONUS>
* Investors will go through the indicators and try to gauge the state of the U.S. economy after Federal Reserve policy-makers expressed uneasiness over the jobless rate in the minutes of their November meeting released earlier on Tuesday. [ID:nN24313828]
* Equity markets in the region were subdued and provided little incentive for bond trading, with the MSCI index of Asia Pacific stocks traded outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> inching up 0.3 percent and Tokyo's Nikkei stock average <.N225> gaining 0.2 percent.
* Two-year notes <US2YTN=RR> were unchanged in price from late U.S. trade on Tuesday to yield 0.739 percent.
* The benchmark 10-year note <US10YT=RR> and the 30-year bond <US30YTN=RR> were also unchanged, yielding 3.308 percent and 4.252 percent, respectively.
* T-note futures edged up <TYv1> 2/32 to 120-5/32 after going above 120 for the first time in six months on Tuesday. ((shinichi.saoshiro@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: shinichi.saoshiro.reuters.com@reuters.net; +81-3-6441-1774)) ((If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com))
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