Core EGBs are lower having traded in....>

EGB SUMMARY: Core EGBs are lower having traded in choppy fashion early Friday.

- 10-Yr Bund yields are just on the positive side again (up 1.5bps at 0.009%);

Jun Bund futures (RX) down 23 ticks at 165.29.

- Jun BTPs (IK) up 6 ticks at 129.41 (L: 129.00 / H: 129.49), moving higher

through the day alongside a broader positive periphery EGB move.

- Italy 10-Yr spread vs Bunds down 3.4bps at 249.1bps; Spain 1.1bps tighter,

while Portugal is a touch wider, by 0.3bps.

- Greece is the standout once again, with E1bln in aid cash confirmed from

Eurozone finance ministers. 10-Yr spread /Bunds has dropped 8.2bps to 353.5bps,

having gone as low as 350.4bps.

- Jun OAT futures (OA) down 17 ticks at 161.83 (L: 161.62 / H: 161.93).

- Fairly unexciting ECB comments out of the Eurogroup meeting from a monetary

policy perspective; Coeure spoke on Hard Brexit risks, while in Bucharest,

Villeroy spoke on banking union / consolidation.

- Eurozone data done for the day, all eyes on US payrolls at 1330 UK time.