Ahead of the U.S. presidential election candidates' TV debate and the maturity date of government bond futures, Treasury bond yields fell across the board on the 10th.
On that day in the Seoul bond market, the 3-year Treasury bond yield closed at 2.877% per annum, down 2.0 basis points (1bp=0.01 percentage points) from the previous trading day.
The 10-year yield fell 2.2bp to 3.010% per annum. The 5-year and 2-year yields dropped 5.6bp and 6.7bp respectively, closing at 2.906% and 2.956% per annum.
The 20-year yield decreased by 12.2bp to 2.926% per annum. The 30-year and 50-year yields fell 4.7bp and 4.4bp respectively, recording 2.919% and 2.833% per annum.
The previous day, the U.S. 2-year Treasury yield rose 2.30bp to 3.6710% per annum, while the 10-year Treasury yield fell 0.90bp to 3.7010%, showing a stable trend.
Before the release of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) results in the early hours of the 19th Korea time, major economic indicators are scheduled to be announced. Amid this, the domestic market is focusing on the U.S. presidential election TV debate on the 11th and the Treasury bond futures maturity rollover (monthly contract replacement) trend on the 13th.
On that day, foreign investors net bought 2,081 contracts of 3-year Treasury bond futures and net sold 463 contracts of 10-year Treasury bond futures.
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