Treasury Auctions $21 Billion Worth Of Ten-Year Notes

(RTTNews) - Following yesterday's sale of $30 billion worth of three-year notes, the Treasury Department sold $21 billion worth of ten-year notes on Wednesday.

The ten-year note auction drew a high yield of 2.72 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.76.

The Treasury also sold $21 billion worth of ten-year notes last month, drawing a high yield of 2.729 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.92.

The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.

The ten previous ten-year note auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.64.

Finishing off this week's series of long-term securities auctions, the Treasury is due to sell $13 billion worth of thirty-year bonds on Thursday.