1.   Also, many traders will speculate on movements between global rates or the spread between benchmark securities.

2.   Also, many traders will speculate on movements between global rates, or the spread between benchmark securities.

3.   As interest rates on the benchmark securities rose, so would rates worldwide, curbing economic growth and possibly triggering a global slump.

4.   Benchmark Argentine corporate securities include those sold by oil and gas companies YPF S.A. and Perez Companc S.A., and Telefonica de Argentina.

5.   Compared with stocks, U.S. bonds may be a bargain -- especially after the recent tumble in prices of benchmark securities, say some investors.

6.   Municipal bonds rose amid expectations that the rally in benchmark government securities will continue and the supply of muni bonds in the secondary market will remain low.

7.   Municipal bonds rose for a second day as investors sought securities that offer the best performance amid the rally in benchmark government securities.

8.   Municipal bonds rose, outperforming benchmark government securities, as investor concern about tax reform eased, traders said.

9.   Municipal bonds fell as a decline in benchmark government securities offset an increase in the amount of money flowing into muni-bond mutual funds.

10.   Municipal bonds fell less than benchmark government securities amid a dearth of tax-exempt bonds.