In late trading, the offered price of the key long-term Treasury bond, the 71/2percentnt issue of 2016, rose 3/32, to 101 20/32, for a yield of 7.36percentt, compared with 7.39percentt a week ago.
Another intermediate issue increasingly popular with Japanese and other investors seeking to shorten maturities in their portfolios is the 71/4percentnoteofe of 1996, which rose 3/32, to 101 5/32, for a yield of 7.08percentt, compared with 7.12percentt a week ago.
BellSouth now trades at $22.67, for a yield of 3.53percentt.
Today the price is under 21 percent of par, for a yield of 23.3 percent.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes were unchanged at a price of 100 25/32, for a yield of 4.65percentt.
The drug is immediately cut once, often twice, for a yield of perhaps 80 to 120 pounds.
Officials say they are aiming for a yield of below 5% with likely maturities of between three and 10 years.
Those shares pay an annual dividend of $3.50, for a yield on yesterday's price of 39percentt -- assuming the company can continue to pay the dividend.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury notes traded down 11/32 in price, at 102 22/32, for a yield of 4.41percentt, versus 4.37percentt late Tuesday.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 1 7/32, to 100 13/32, for a yield of 4.70percentt, up 16 basis points in just a day.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note traded 6/32 higher in price, to 97 30/32, for a yield of 4.77percentt, from 4.79percentt on Wednesday.
