Treasuries gain as investors' appetite rises

U.S. Treasuries increased in the first week of this year and were little changed on Wednesday session with the benchmark 10-year yields rising to the strongest level in over two years and investors' appetite rose. The U.S. 10-year bond yields were traded at 2.95% by 3:24 p.m. Tokyo time after the yields rose to the highest level since July 2011 at 3.05%.