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In the Seoul bond market, government bond interest rates are showing a downward trend across major maturities.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) On the 13th, interest rates on government bonds are falling all at once.
In the morning of this day in the Seoul bond market, the three-year maturity treasury bond interest rate recorded 3.875% per annum, down 4.6bp (1bp = 0.01% point) from the previous trading day.
The 10-year interest rate fell 6.1bp to 4.245% per annum. 5-year and 2-year notes fell 4.7bp and 3.8bp, respectively, and are trading at 4.054% and 3.829% per year.
The 20-year yield fell 6.6bp to 4.293% per annum. 30-year and 50-year notes fell 6.4bp and 4.9bp, respectively, recording 4.324% and 4.364% per year.
Today (am/%) Previous day (%) Compared to previous day (bp) Treasury bonds (1 year) 3.703 3.721 -1.8 Treasury bonds (2 years) 3.829 3.867 -3.8 Treasury bonds (3 years) 3.875 3.921 -4.6 Treasury bonds (5 years) 4.054 4.101 -4.7 Treasury bonds (10 years) 4.245 4.306 -6.1 Treasury bonds (20 years) 4.293 4.359 -6.6 Treasury bonds (30 years) 4.324 4.388 -6.4 Treasury bonds (50 years) 4.364 4.413 -4.9 Monetary stabilization bonds (2 years) 3.852 3.871 -1.9 Corporate bond (3 years without guarantee) AA- 4.573 4.602 -2.9
※ This article and table were automatically created by an algorithm based on data from Yonhap Infomax and were desked by an editor.

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