Ten-Year Note Auction Attracts Above Average Demand

(RTTNews) - Following the sale of $24 billion worth of three-year notes earlier in the day, the Treasury Department also sold $20 billion worth of ten-year notes on Wednesday, attracting above average demand.

The ten-year note auction drew a high yield of 2.346 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.54.

The Treasury also sold $20 billion worth of ten-year notes last month, drawing a high yield of 2.180 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.28.

The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.

The ten previous ten-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.42.

On Thursday, the Treasury Department is due to finish off this week's series of long-term securities auctions with the sale of $12 billion worth of thirty-year bonds.