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Bear Steepening

GILT SUMMARY

The gilt curve has bear steepened alongside modest equity gains.

  • Gilt cash yields are 2-6bp higher across the curve with the 2s30s spread 3bp wider on the day. Last yields: 2-year -0.0174%, 5-year 0.0298%, 10-year 0.3423%, 30-year 0.8973%.
  • The Mar-21 gilt future trades at 133.82, towards the bottom end of the day's range (L: 133.72 / H: 134.38).
  • The DMO earlier sold GBP3.00bn of the 0.125% Jan-26 Gilt and GBP2.25bn of the 1.25% Oct-41 Gilt.
  • The BoE purchased GBP1.473bn of long-dated gilts with an offer-to-cover of 1.78x.
  • The final manufactring PMI estimate for November came in at 55.6, marginally above the initial reading of 55.2. Nationwide house price data for November showed a larger than expected increase in house prices (6.5% Y/Y vs 5.4% survey) and follows yesterday's strong mortgage approvals data.

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