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AUSSIE BONDS: Aussie Bonds also dragged higher in the wake of the contractionary

Caixin Chinese manufacturing PMI reading, although 3- &10-Year bond futures

failed to pierce the early session highs.

- YMH9 last 2.5 ticks higher at 98.225. Contract has breached up trendline

resistance, with the next level of notable resistance seen at the 61.8%

retracement level of 98.310 (on a continuation basis). 10-Year futures trade 3.0

ticks higher at 97.710, after the contract breached the June 15 2017 high, with

bulls now focusing at the 61.8% retracement level at ~97.74 (on a continuation

basis).

- Bills trade 1-3 ticks higher through the whites and reds.