    Sentence & At midday Monday , the 10-year note  USIOYT = RR had slipped 12 / 32 in price giving a  yield of 3.16 percent from 3.12 percent .    Sentence 2 Further out the curve , the benchmark  10-year note USIOYT = RR shed 25 / 32 in price ,  tak ing its yield to 3.26 percent from 3.17 percent .