U.S. Treasuries steady ahead of November trade balance, December ISM non-manufacturing PMI

The U.S. Treasuries steadied during Tuesday’s afternoon session ahead of the country’s trade balance data for the month of November and the ISM non-manufacturing PMI for December, both scheduled to be released today by 13:30GMT and 15:00GMT for further direction in the debt market.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield hovered around 1.806 percent, the super-long 30-year bond yield steadied at 2.284 percent and the yield on the short-term 2-year remained tad down at 1.542 percent by 11:55GMT.

In the US, following last week’s disappointing manufacturing ISM survey for December, a key focus today will be the equivalent non-manufacturing indices. Contrasting with the marked deterioration in the manufacturing survey, the headline non-manufacturing index is expected to have largely reversed the decline seen in November to remain consistent with ongoing expansion. Final trade and durable goods orders figures for November are also due, Daiwa Capital Markets reported.

While some local headlines of Iranian sabre-rattling (suggestions of ‘thirteen retaliation scenarios’ and a ‘historic nightmare’ for the US) have given some support in the past half hour, USTs are still little changed from yesterday’s US close (10-year yields a little less than 1.80 percent), the report added.

Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Futures remained flat at 3,243.62 by 12:00GMT.