Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose, erasing an earlier decline, as Asian stocks fell, boosting demand for the relative safety of government debt.

Yields on the 10-year note fell 1 basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.15 percent at 6:27 a.m. in London. Yields earlier climbed as high as 2.18 percent.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of stocks dropped 1.9 percent.

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