Twenty-Year Bond Auction Attracts Modestly Above Average Demand

(RTTNews) - The Treasury Department announced the results of this month's auction of $19 billion worth of twenty-year bonds on Wednesday, revealing the sale attracted modestly above average demand.

The twenty-year bond auction drew a high yield of 2.396 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.44.

Last month, the Treasury sold $20 billion worth of twenty-year bonds, drawing a high yield of 2.210 percent and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.48.

The bid-to-cover ratio is a measure of demand that indicates the amount of bids for each dollar worth of securities being sold.

The ten previous twenty-year bond auctions had an average bid-to-cover ratio of 2.39.