US stocks slipped a touch on Christmas eve with trading volume almost 40% below 30-day average (S&P -0.02%). Boeing dropped -1.4% after rallying, as the company announced CEO change. Stock indices were little changed in London, Paris and Madrid. The 10-year Treasury yield hit 1.95% before falling back to 1.90%. Treasury yields were lower by -2.5bp to -4bp across the curve with gains led by belly following strong auction of 5-year notes, which stopped 1.6bp through the WI level (US 10Y -3 bp). The greenback was little changed after paring a +0.1% gain (BBDXY +0.05%). the Norwegian krone and the Swedish krona were the top performing G-10 currencies in narrow trading. The Canadian dollar and the euro were among the laggards. Crude oil advanced after API was said to have reported crude stockpiles fell -7.9m bbl last week (WTI +0.97%).