The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big new issues price in the primary. Buyers will see about $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens this week, with most of the volume coming on Wednesday and Thursday.
Secondary market
The MBIS municipal non-callable 5% GO benchmark scale was stronger in midday trading.
The 10-year muni benchmark yield fell to 2.351% on Tuesday from the final read of 2.368% on Friday, according to
The MBIS benchmark index is updated hourly on the
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session on Tuesday. The yield on the 10-year benchmark muni general obligation fell as much as one basis point from 2.12% on Friday, while the 30-year GO yield dropped as much as two basis points from 2.71%, according to a read of MMD’s triple-A scale.
U.S. Treasuries were mixed in midday activity. The yield on the two-year Treasury nudged up to 2.01% on Tuesday from 2.00% on Friday, the 10-year Treasury yield was steady at 2.55% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury decreased to 2.84% from 2.85%.
On Friday, the 10-year muni-to-Treasury ratio was calculated at 83.2% compared with 83.8% on Thursday, while the 30-year muni-to-Treasury ratio stood at 95.0% versus 94.6%, according to MMD.
MSRB: Previous session's activity
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board reported 35,999 trades on Friday on volume of $9.31 billion.
Prior week's actively traded issues
Revenue bonds comprised 55.91% of new issuance in the week ended Jan. 12, down from 56.45% in the previous week, according to
Some of the most actively traded bonds by type in the week were from California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania issuers.
In the GO bond sector, the Santa Clara Unified School District., Calif., 3s of 2036 traded 24 times. In the revenue bond sector, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority 4s of 2047 traded 47 times. And in the taxable bond sector, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Financing Authority 3.864s of 2038 traded 71 times.
Primary market
On Tuesday, the Sheldon Independent School District, Texas, competitively sold $100.71 million of Series 2018 unlimited tax school building and refunding bonds.
UBS won the bonds with a true interest cost of 3.38%. Pricing information was not immediately available.
The deal is backed by the Permanent School Fund guarantee program.
On Wednesday, Goldman Sachs is set to price the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s $898.07 million of Series 2018A sales tax securitization bonds.
The Chicago deal is rated AA by S&P Global Ratings, and AAA by Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
JPMorgan Securities is expected to price the Orlando Utilities Commission, Fla.’s $150.18 million of Series 2018A utility system revenue bonds.
The deal is rated Aa2 by Moody’s Investors Service and AA by S&P and Fitch.
Loop Capital Markets is expected to price the Pasadena Independent School District, Texas’ Series 2018 unlimited tax school building bonds.
The deal is backed by PSF and rated triple-A by Moody’s and S&P.
In the competitive arena on Wednesday, the University of Kentucky is selling $210 million of Series 2018A general receipt bonds.
The deal is rated Aa2 by Moody’s and AA by S&P.
Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply at $6.90B
The Bond Buyer's 30-day visible supply calendar increased $413.7 million to $6.90 billion on Tuesday. The total is comprised of $2.63 billion of competitive sales and $4.27 billion of negotiated deals.
Previous week's top underwriters
The top municipal bond underwriters of last week included Bank of America Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, Citigroup, JPMorgan Securities and Stifel, according to Thomson Reuters data.
In the week of Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, BAML underwrote $809.9 million, RBC $482.3 million, Citi $383.0 million, JPMorgan $366.1 million, and Stifel $249.4 million.
Data appearing in this article from Municipal Bond Information Services, including the MBIS municipal bond index, is available on The Bond Buyer Data Workstation.
