By Regina Hing
NEW YORK(MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices extended their decline on Wednesday, pushing yields up slightly, after a report showed private-sector employment rose by 163,000 jobs in July. The data raised expectations that the monthly jobs report on Friday will yield robust results. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +2.24% , which move inversely to prices, rose 2 basis points to 1.49%. Thirty-year yields 30_YEAR +1.45% rose 3 basis points to 2.58%.
