By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar pared gains and Treasury prices held onto a modest advance on Wednesday after the U.S. said orders of durable goods fell 3.6% in April, more than analysts expected. The dollar index DXY +0.03% , which measures the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, traded at 75.982, from 76.016 before the data and up slightly from 75.915 late Tuesday. The euro EURUSD -0.0709% slipped to $1.4079, from $1.4068 earlier and versus $1.4102 in late North American trading Tuesday. Yields on 2-year notes UST2YR -1.46% , which move inversely to prices, fell 1 basis point to 0.54%. Still to come is the government's sale of 5-year notes UST5YR -0.17% .
