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EGB/Gilt - Dragged lower by Treasuries

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  • A lighter session in terms of volumes today, but overall some good ranges.
  • Bund and EGBs have been dragged lower by US treasuries post the US Retail Sales beat.
  • Peripheral spread have been mixed, Portugal is 1bps wider, while Greece is 1bp tighter.
  • Gilts have underperformed pushing the Gilt/Bund spread 2.7bps wider.
  • UK 5s/30s is steeper today, after we printed 55.885, flattest levels since May 2020 yesterday, now at 61.12
  • Dec Bund futures (RX) down 24 ticks at 169.41 (L: 169.17 / H: 169.84)
  • Germany: The 2-Yr yield is up 1.7bps at -0.675%, 5-Yr is up 2.1bps at -0.516%, 10-Yr is up 2.5bps at -0.166%, and 30-Yr is up 4.2bps at 0.28%
  • .Dec Gilt futures (G) down 42 ticks at 124.65 (L: 124.47 / H: 124.99)
  • UK: The 2-Yr yield is up 5.1bps at 0.565%, 5-Yr is up 5.3bps at 0.752%, 10-Yr is up 5.3bps at 1.095%, and 30-Yr is up 7.9bps at 1.368%.
  • Dec BTP futures (IK) down 40 ticks at 151.94 (L: 151.71 / H: 152.32)
  • Dec OAT futures (OA) down 32 ticks at 165.74 (L: 165.52 / H: 166.23)
  • Italian BTP spread up 1.1bps at 103.5bps
  • Spanish bond spread up 0.3bps at 63bps.
  • Portuguese PGB spread up 0.6bps at 52.2bps
  • Greek bond spread down 0.6bps at 108.5bps

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