Yields on the 1-year treasury notes shed 4.1 basis points to close at 1.981 percent. Yields for longer maturities all extended their recent record-breaking declines.
President Park told a news conference early in the day that regarding the issue of an interest rate reduction, policy authorities would respond in a timely manner through cooperation with each other.
Bond prices rallied despite clarification later by a policy aide to Park that she was not assuming an interest rate cut as a sure thing.