JGB yields fall across curve after Treasury decline

S. Treasury yields. S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday following a steady auction of longer-dated securities and a Treasury buyback operation.

S. and Japan. Investors are focusing on developments in the Iran conflict as well as the French government bond market. 035%.

080%. com; @kosakunarioka) 2015 ET - French bonds are increasingly being priced less like those in the core of Europe and more like those in the periphery, says Mitch Reznick, head of cross border credit at Federated Hermes. France is quickly becoming the focus of the European bond sell-off as the OAT-Bund spread has moved above 140 basis points. Traders are focusing attention on France's high debt, large budget deficit, increased bond supply and political uncertainty ahead of the presidential election, he adds.

The velocity of the move matters. Investors are abandoning French government bonds for quality in German Bunds, he says. com; @JamesGlynnWSJ) 2015 ET - Japanese stocks are lower as concerns about higher energy costs continue following overnight gains in crude oil prices. Chip and metals stocks are leading declines.

5%. 14 as of Thursday's Tokyo stock market close. Investors are closely watching any updates on Hurricane Isaias and developments in the Iran conflict. 74.

com; @kosakunarioka) 1956 ET - The worst of the sell-off in government bonds globally may be over, says RJ Gallo, chief investment officer for global fixed income at Federated Hermes. S. Treasury valuation fully prices in the variables driving the selling. It seems the answer may be yes.

Treasury yields have cheapened enough and the worst is over. Still, bond dealers loath to assertively call the bottom. The uncertainty and the risk that the Federal Reserve may hike well more than expected to establish a restrictive monetary stance keep investors cautious, he says. com; @JamesGlynnWSJ) 1946 ET - Japanese stocks may decline as concerns about higher energy costs continue following overnight gains in crude oil prices.

0% at 68375 on the SGX. 14 as of Thursday's Tokyo stock market close. Investors are focusing on updates on Hurricane Isaias, developments in the Iran conflict and their implications for oil prices. 11 on Thursday.

K. retail footfall remained on a downward trend due to a challenging consumer context and ahead of the key shopping period. from the British Retail Consortium and Sensormatic. From Aug.

30 to Oct. K. 7% decline in August, according to the data. 's Autumn Budget, the report says.

The months ahead will be critical, as the Christmas shopping season unfolds, it adds. Retailers will try to find ways to attract shoppers to physical stores at a time when consumer confidence remains fragile, the report says. com says, but where buyers look matters as much as what they can afford. Starter-priced listings have become scarcer since 2019, but the Midwest stands out for both inventory and neighborhood choice.

8%, from $260,000 to $340,000. com defines a starter-priced home as one listed at or below 80% of its metro's median list price. com) 1258 ET - More investors are engaging with cryptocurrencies in trading -- although it appears to be investors selling into the risk-off slump that's hit crypto tokens. 6% from the prior day.

Many altcoins are seeing even bigger explosions in trading volumes -- nearly $4 billion in NEAR has been traded over the past 24 hours, nearly double the previous day. 7 million in bitcoin long positions liquidated over the past 24 hours, according to Coinglass. com) 1234 ET - Miners of bitcoin were operating in negative territory earlier this year, but with bitcoin's surge in September they've become profitable again, says analysts with CryptoQuant in a note. The firm says that miners turned positive in late August, which happened when bitcoin crossed $76,000.

Since turning positive, miners are no longer dumping bitcoin to stay afloat, but are able to accrue supplies once again. "Miners flipped from 'extremely underpaid' to 'fairly paid,' and no extreme outflows have followed," says the firm. But a rebuilding in the balances of miners has yet to begin in earnest, says CryptoQuant. 6% to $81,272.

1%. 5%, and home-price growth flattens. Redfin defines "normal" as the mortgage-payment-to-income ratio returning to August 2018 levels. S.

homebuyer needed to spend 30% of their household income on their monthly mortgage payment. If mortgage rates were to drop to the lowest bounds of Redfin's expectations--6%--and price growth were to flatten, housing costs could return to "normal" by February 2029. S. dollar and higher oil prices translating to pressure on riskier assets like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

"Rising yields and oil explain the timing of the selloff, while profit-taking near the top of the range explains most of its size," says Colin Basco of Coinbase Institutional. Basco explains that the macro pressure may keep weighing on bitcoin in the short-term. 5% would probably extend the consolidation period, [but] I still view retracements toward the 200-day moving average near $72K as accumulation opportunities," says Basco. 35.

com) 1129 ET - David Ellison sees multiple pathways to pay down the significant debt Skydance currently carries. "One is to grow the business," Ellison says in an interview with CNBC on Thursday. " At the same time, Ellison says there are billions of dollars in cost synergies that will emerge throughout the integration process. Over the same period, free cash flow is expected to grow.

"We are absolutely in a position where we can grow the business and delever simultaneously," Ellison says. com) (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 08, 2026 21:31 ET (01:31 GMT) Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The statements in this document shall not be considered as an objective or independent explanation of the matters. Please note that this document (a) has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research, and (b) is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination or publication of investment research.