By Ben Eisen
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys gained Tuesday morning amid a selloff in Japanese government bonds and European stocks, helping pare back a May price slide in U.S. safe-haven debt. As prices rose, yields on the 10-year note 10_YEAR -1.14% dropped 2.5 basis points to 1.901%. The 30-year bond 30_YEAR -0.77% yield dropped 2.5 basis points to 3.109%, while the 5-year note 5_YEAR -1.09% dropped 1 basis point to 0.812%. A selloff pushed yields on the Japanese 10-year note up 8 basis points to 0.861%, spurring buying in Treasurys. Stocks in Europe were also down, with the FTSE 100 UK:UKX +0.15% losing 8 points and the DAX [DX: DAX] losing 11 points.
