Wednesday, May 23, 2007

TREASURIES-Yield on 30-year bond rises to 9-month high

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, May 23 - U.S. government bond prices
fell in choppy trade on Wednesday, weighed down by surging
stocks and weaker euro-zone debt that pushed the yield on the
30-year bond to its highest level since August.




The yield on the 30-year bond rose above 5 percent as a
takeover-driven rally on Wall Street pushed stock indexes to
record highs and encouraged investors to dump Treasuries in
search of higher returns from equities.


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