UK 10-year gilt yield edges up to 5.449% in late European trade

Oct 13, 2026 11:58 ET · 1h ago

TREE NEWS reports: The UK 10-year gilt yield rose 0.9 basis points to 5.449% in late European trading on Tuesday, October 13, after opening lower at 5.371%, a fresh intraday low, and then grinding back up. The two-year yield added 1.9 basis points to 4.920%, having dipped to 4.839%. The 30-year yield slipped 0.1 basis point, the 50-year gained 0.02 basis point, and the 2s/10s spread narrowed 1.018 basis points to +51.798 basis points.

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The move is small in headline terms but notable for its shape: the front end sold off hardest, with the two-year giving back a deeper intraday dip, while the long end barely budged. That points to repricing of near-term rate expectations rather than any shift in the long-run inflation or issuance story, and the narrower 2s/10s spread reinforces it. Whether the front end keeps leading — and whether the long end stays this inert — is the open question for anyone tracking UK duration.

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