Swing States: Basis Points

swing states: The 30-year yield TMUBMUSD30Y, -0.53% gained 2.9 basis points to 2.630%. The two-year yield TMUBMUSD02Y, +0.02% rose four basis points to 0.862%. Bond prices and yields move inversely, according to Market Watch. As of 3 p.m. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, -1.99% touched a six-month high, rising 4.1 basis points to 1.867%, its highest closing yield since May 25. Eastern Time, Clinton was projected to lead Trump in all seven swing states, according to Vote Castr, a startup that has joined with media outlets to track polls and turnout in real time. The move was part of a broader reversal across markets, as the S&P 500 index SPX, +1.11% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.40% turned positive and the U.S. dollar USDMXN, +0.2026% pivoted lower against the Mexican peso—suggesting that investors' appetite for riskier assets is improving. Yields started off lower, but turned sharply higher in midmorning trading as the early projections began to trickle in. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.