Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:39 GMT
Treasuries higher before fiscal cliff talks
On Tuesday, treasuries were traded higher before Barack Obama meets Republican and Democratic leaders for fiscal cliff negotiations later in the week. The yield on benchmark 10-year U.S. government bonds fell by 3 basis point, reaching a level of 1.58% by 8:38 a.m. London time. Earlier, it hit 1.57%, which was the lowest since September 5.