September 10, 2024 18:20 GMT
BONDS: EGBs-GILTS CASH CLOSE: Curve Bellies Outperform As Gains Extend
BONDS
Core European instruments extended gains to a 6th consecutive session Tuesday.
- After an slightly weak start to the day, Gilts and Bunds gained in afternoon trade on apparent global growth concerns, as broad-based weakness in commodities led by oil boosted safe-haven assets.
- Earlier, a largely in-line UK labour market report did not provide much to move expectations for the BoE, while final German CPI was inline.
- Curve bellies outperformed in Germany and the UK. Periphery EGB spreads were little changed.
- Most attention Wednesday will be on US CPI, but before that we get monthly UK activity data.
- Looking beyond that, a 25bps cut at Thursday's ECB meeting is unanimously expected (and priced in), leaving focus on the policy guidance and revised projections. (MNI's ECB preview is here.)
Closing Yields / 10-Yr Periphery EGB Spreads To Germany
- Germany: The 2-Yr yield is down 3.6bps at 2.178%, 5-Yr is down 4.1bps at 1.993%, 10-Yr is down 3.7bps at 2.131%, and 30-Yr is down 2.6bps at 2.406%.
- UK: The 2-Yr yield is down 2.9bps at 3.86%, 5-Yr is down 3.8bps at 3.685%, 10-Yr is down 3.7bps at 3.819%, and 30-Yr is down 2.6bps at 4.398%.
- Italian BTP spread unchanged at 145.2bps / Spanish bond spread down 0.2bps at 82.7bps
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