周四，随着投资者关注中东局势发展并评估更多经济数据，美国国债收益率走低。
Treasury yields moved lower on Thursday as investors monitored developments in the Middle East and assessed more economic data.
10年期美国国债收益率——抵押贷款、汽车贷款和信用卡债务的主要基准——下跌逾11个基点，至5.032%。
Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasurys — the main benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — were more than 11 basis points lower at 5.032%.
2年期美国国债收益率与美联储短期利率决策的关联更为紧密，该收益率下跌逾9个基点，至4.725%。较长期限的30年期美国国债收益率——通常随地缘政治事态发展而波动——下跌逾8个基点，至5.349%。
The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, which more closely follows short-term Federal Reserve rate decisions, was more than 9 basis points lower at 4.725%. The yield on longer-dated 30-year U.S. Treasurys — which often moves on geopolitical developments — fell more than 8 basis points to 5.349%.
一个基点等于0.01%，即1%的百分之一，收益率与价格走势相反。
One basis point equals 0.01%, or 1/100th of 1%, and yields and prices move inversely to one another.
借贷成本下滑之际，投资者正在评估最新的首次申请失业救济数据，股市整体呈现避险情绪，且中东紧张局势加剧。
The slide in borrowing costs comes as investors assessed the latest initial jobless claims data, amid a broader risk-off sentiment in stock markets and rising Middle East tensions.
截至10月17日当周，申请失业救济人数降至19.4万人，低于道琼斯调查的经济学家所预期的20万人首次申请失业救济人数。
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits fell to 194,000 in the week ended Oct. 17, fewer than the expectation of 200,000 initial jobless claims expected by economists polled by Dow Jones.
周四油价大幅上涨，西得克萨斯中质原油期货在早盘交易中逼近每桶100美元，涨幅超过2%，升至每桶99美元以上。全球基准布伦特原油上涨超过2%，至每桶111美元以上。
Oil prices moved sharply higher on Thursday, with West Texas Intermediate futures edging closer to $100 a barrel in early trade, rising more than 2% at above $99 per barrel. Brent crude, the global price benchmark, increased more than 2% to above $111.
此前《纽约时报》援引未具名美国官员的话报道称，美国和以色列正考虑在下个月中期选举后恢复对伊朗的打击，行动将是“短暂但密集”的。
The moves followed a New York Times report, citing unnamed U.S. officials, that the U.S. and Israel are considering resuming strikes on Iran in a "short but intensive" operation following next month's midterms elections.