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EGB/Gilt - Big spikes across the board

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  • A busy afternoon session that saw Equities, Govies and Rate futures market seeing big spikes, following the weaker CPI miss.
  • Bund spiked some 200 ticks on the release and continues to trade at the top of its range.
  • BTP trades in 301 ticks range, pushing the BTP/Bund spread 7.5bps tighter.
  • All peripheral spreads are tighter, but Italy leads.
  • Gilt has followed suit, but lag somewhat behind against the German, pushing the spread wider.
  • The 120.00bps support has again held, and trades at 128.7bps at the time of typing.
  • Looking ahead, Fed Mester, Daly and George are still scheduled.
  • Dec Bund futures (RX) up 219 ticks at 140.39 (L: 137.97 / H: 140.52)
  • Germany: The 2-Yr yield is down 17.8bps at 2.033%, 5-Yr is down 19bps at 1.903%, 10-Yr is down 17bps at 2.002%, and 30-Yr is down 12.6bps at 1.964%.
  • Dec Gilt futures (G) up 165 ticks at 104.96 (L: 102.77 / H: 105.29)
  • UK: The 2-Yr yield is down 13.3bps at 3.097%, 5-Yr is down 14.4bps at 3.308%, 10-Yr is down 15.5bps at 3.302%, and 30-Yr is down 13.8bps at 3.428%.
  • Dec BTP futures (IK) up 250 ticks at 117.58 (L: 114.68 / H: 117.77)
  • Italy / German 10-Yr spread 8.5bps tighter at 203bps
  • Dec OAT futures (OA) up 230 ticks at 135.19 (L: 132.63 / H: 135.3)

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