10-year Treasury yield falls as stocks stumble
Momentum behind U.S. Treasury yields waned on Thursday, as a recovery rally in global stock markets stalled.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury was 5 basis points lower at 3.915% at 5:07 a.m. ET. The yield on the benchmark note had been climbing away from its lowest level since June 2023 over Tuesday and Wednesday.
The yield on the 2-year note was also down around 6 basis points, at 3.9388%.
Yields and prices move in opposite directions, and one basis point is equivalent to 0.01%.
Equity markets appeared to retain some of the nervous sentiment that caused a worldwide sell-off at the start of August. U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday, helping send most Asia-Pacific and European markets to lower opens on Thursday.
That sentiment includes jitters about the state of the U.S. economy and whether a recession is looming, following a weak jobs report.
Analysts at Deutsche Bank said in a note that Wednesday was “another topsy-turvy August day for markets, as an initially buoyant mood following dovish remarks from [Bank of Japan] officials … slowly faded through the course of the day.”
The deterioration came in part after a U.S. Treasury Department sale of $42 billion in 10-year notes showed soft demand on Wednesday, they added.
With investors now hungry for more guidance, jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 3, set to be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, will be closely watched.
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