Shares Slide, Dollar Strong as US Yields March Higher

Shares Slide, Dollar Strong as US Yields March Higher
An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building's facade in Washington on July 31, 2013. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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SINGAPORE/LONDON—U.S. Treasury yields held near multiyear highs on Friday, with markets seeing no let-up in tightening from the Federal Reserve, causing shares to slip and the dollar to stay strong, particularly against the embattled Japanese yen.

The benchmark U.S. 10-year yield edged up as high as 4.276 percent, its highest level since June 2008, having risen nearly 10 basis points overnight.