Friday, August 3, 2007

TREASURIES-Bond prices flat ahead of US jobs report

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat opening on Wall
Street on Friday. Gyrations in stocks may swiftly become the main
catalyst for Treasuries in the aftermath of the jobs data.




Stocks have recently shown a strong inverse correlation to
Treasury prices, although credit concerns still helped Treasury
prices rally on Thursday in spite of U.S. equities late day surge.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note's yield is not far above
the 2 1/2 month lows of 4.69 percent it fell to on Wednesday. Bond
yields and prices move inversely.


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