US yields soar as early election results roll in
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Rae Wee
SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury yields surged to multi-month peaks on Wednesday, as investors nervously waited on results of a tightly contested U.S. presidential race while some trades picked up on bets of a victory by Donald Trump.
Treasury yields rose across the board after online prediction markets started to favour Republican candidate Trump over Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris for the nation's top job, but the outcome remained uncertain with critical battleground states unlikely to be called for hours - or perhaps even days.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR hit a four-month peak of 4.433% in the Asian session, up 14.5 basis points from Tuesday's close.
The two-year yield US2YT=RR similarly peaked at 4.309%, its highest since August, and was last up 10 bps at 4.3031%.
Trump won 15 states in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election while Democrat Kamala Harris captured seven states and Washington, D.C., Edison Research projected.
Online betting sites such as PredictIt, Kalshi and Polymarket all show Trump ahead, although national polls remain too close to make a clear call on the winner.
"The early indications are Republicans are outperforming in areas where they haven't traditionally, in places like Miami Dade," said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.
"I would imagine that at this particular moment, the Harris camp is worried. The markets are reflecting that we might know the answer sooner, rather than have to wait multiple days to have the answer to the election."
Trump's economic plan, which includes imposing tariffs on European and Chinese imports, is likely to reaccelerate inflation and add to the massive U.S. fiscal deficit. That means more issuance of U.S. government debt to bridge the deficit, a scenario likely to flood the market with Treasuries leading to a spike in yields.
In other maturities, the yield on the 30-year Treasury note US30YT=RR last traded 14 bps up at 4.5943%, after having hit its highest level since July earlier in the session.
Its five-year counterpart US5YT=RR similarly peaked at a four-month high of 4.3060%.
Yields were further supported by data showing U.S. services sector activity unexpectedly advanced in October to a more than two-year high while employment firmed, reinforcing the resilience of the world's largest economy.
"Economic data has painted a resilient picture for the U.S. economy," said Chip Hughey, managing director of fixed income at Truist Advisory Services in Richmond, Virginia.
"That runs counter to the idea that the Fed will cut rates aggressively... We saw strong ISM services data that justifies the string of reports that we have seen for the last six weeks that the economy continues to chug along nicely."
Reporting by Rae Wee, Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Saeed Azhar
Editing by Christopher Cushing and Shri Navaratnam
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