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Treasury yields fall as investors crowd into bonds for safety amid election stock sell-off
- Treasury yields fell Wednesday as investors sought safety, while stock futures slid amid early midterm election results. Nasdaq-100 futures slid 2% and stock contracts shed 1.1%.
- Early results show Democrats making gains in the Senate, although control of both chambers of Congress remains uncertain as votes were still being counted. The CNBC Election Desk projects Democrats winning the House.
- The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield dropped nearly 5 basis points to 4.902%. The 30-year bond yield slid 5.29%, and the 2-year note yield pulled back 6 basis points to 4.55%.
- Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone, wrote that the "greatest market reaction may come not from who wins Congress, but from how decisively they win and how far the result deviates from expectations."
- A commanding victory for either party could force markets to rethink Trump's remaining policy agenda and the political trajectory into 2028. Traders continue monitoring results as polls close in western states.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Su-ji = On the 5th, government bond yields closed lower across the board, reflecting the ripple effects of the U.S. midterm election results.
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Markets react with caution to Democrats' victory in US midterms
Investors shunned AI stocks and turned to government bonds on Wednesday in the wake of the Democratic Party's takeover of Congress in the US midterm elections. Oil prices meanwhile ticked slightly higher, as uncertainty remains over the direction of US President Donald Trump's war against Iran. Also in this edition, we focus on the central issue of this midterm campaign: the rise in the cost of living.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Bond yields fall as investors seek safety - Mixed signs in Asia, gains in European markets and rise in oil prices
·Marousi, Greece
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