At the end of the New York session on Thursday, the yield on the US 10-year benchmark treasury bond fell 4.42 basis points to 5.2407%. Intraday trading was in the 5.3402%-5.2049% range. US stocks fell significantly in early trading. At 15:30 Beijing time, the top of the first quarter of 2002 was 5.4730%, the top 5.91% in the fourth quarter of 2000, and the highest level of 6.1820% in the third quarter of 2000. The two-year US Treasury yield fell 9.56 basis points to 4.7914% and rose to 4.9225% at 15:26, then continued to decline, as low as 4.7415% on the 01:30 refresh day. Statements by Federal Reserve officials successively weighed down the prospects for FOMC rate hikes; the 30-year US Treasury yield fell 1.84 basis points to 5.6126%.

At the end of the New York session on Thursday, the yield on the US 10-year benchmark treasury bond fell 4.42 basis points to 5.2407%. Intraday trading was in the 5.3402%-5.2049% range. US stocks fell significantly in early trading. At 15:30 Beijing time, the top of the first quarter of 2002 was 5.4730%, the top 5.91% in the fourth quarter of 2000, and the highest level of 6.1820% in the third quarter of 2000. The two-year US Treasury yield fell 9.56 basis points to 4.7914% and rose to 4.9225% at 15:26, then continued to decline, as low as 4.7415% on the 01:30 refresh day. Statements by Federal Reserve officials successively weighed down the prospects for FOMC rate hikes; the 30-year US Treasury yield fell 1.84 basis points to 5.6126%.