While treasuries managed to end the previous session modestly higher following the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement, substantial selling pressure emerged during trading on Thursday.
Bond prices moved sharply lower in early trading and remained firmly negative throughout the session. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, spiked 13.1 basis points to 4.480 percent.
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