Overview: The biggest rise in the US 10-year yield in a couple of months, as the record quarterly refunding, got underway may have helped stabilize the dollar after an earlier decline. The S&P 500 threatened to extend its advance for the eighth consecutive session yesterday, but a late sell-off stopped it cold after scaling to new five-month highs. Although it posted a key reversal by closing below Monday's low, there has been no follow-through selling, and higher share prices point to an opening gain of around 0.6%. The NASDAQ continued to underperform. Asia-Pacific equities were