Bond trading spreads

Aside from the yield, this likely won’t be interesting to anyone else but me. Found my bond transaction online the other day, which was easily identified due to the lot size and the small number of trades on 8/13:

08/13/2007 11:54:42   95.310   9.810
08/13/2007 11:55:37   96.500   9.534

The first item appears to be the broker’s buy while the second one is the sale to me. A separate commission was not charged, but the spread creates a transaction charge that is just under $100.

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