Japan's Bonds Gain Most in a Month as CIT Failure Boosts Demand

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government bonds advanced bythe most in a month on speculation investors sought the relativesafety of debt after CIT Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy.

Benchmark 10-year yields fell from near an 11-week high asthe Nikkei 225 Stock Average slid the most in four weeks. CIT,the 101-year-old commercial lender, listed $71 billion in assetsand $64.9 billion in debt in a Chapter 11 filing in the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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