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EGB/Gilt: Trading Lower

BOND SUMMARY

European government bonds have traded lower at the start of the week against a backdrop of mixed equity performance and uneven trading in FX.

  • Despite signs of progress on bilateral peace talks last week, Ukraine has flatly rejected Moscow's demands to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol.
  • Gilts opened lower and sold off further through the morning with cash yields now up 4-6bp.
  • Bund yields are up 3-5bp with the curve bear steepening.
  • It is a similar story for OATs where the curve is 1-2bp steeper.
  • BTPs have underperfomed core EGBs, particularly at the longer end. Yields are now up 2-7bp.
  • Supply this morning came from Germany (Bubills, EUR1.63bn allotted), the Netherlands (DTCs, EUR2.96bn), Belgium (OLOs, EUR7.337bn), and Slovakia (SlovGBs, EUR368mn). Later today France will offer EUR4.2-5.8bn of BTFs.
  • There were no significant European data releases this morning.

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