Gilt Yields May Face Deeper Setback Risks After Supports Break

  • Double-top pattern and drop below moving average signal slide
  • Attention may fall on retracement drawn from low in August
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Yields on U.K.’s 10-year gilts seem poised to go lower after closing below a critical moving average and forming a double top, chart patterns show.

The benchmark yield closed at 1.21 percent last week, below its low for December and the medium-term average line at 1.25 percent-1.22 percent. It concluded a double top last month. The patterns leave it vulnerable to a descent toward 1.10 percent-1.05 percent.