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Traders buy dips as 10-year yields test the 4.75% ceiling
U.S. 10-year yields reached 4.748% before the open and then ended the session flat, after earlier tests of 4.75% in August.
Mortgage News Daily reports that for nearly 10 months, market momentum has leaned toward higher yields, with several pauses and failed attempts to bounce off technical “ceilings” as the 10-year yield climbed from about 4.0% to new highs. It notes past ceiling tests around 4.3%, 4.42%, and 4.75%.
The outlet says August has been mostly rangebound near longer-term highs, but the first two days of the week set up another challenge at the 4.75% level. It frames the pullback as a “dip buying” response, tied to a longer-running investor view that yields can reach a point where they look attractive enough to buy.
Mortgage News Daily adds that, as of the update, bonds were back to unchanged after 10-year yields touched 4.748% before the open. It concludes there was no clear alternative explanation for the recovery besides dip buying.