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EGBs-GILTS CASH CLOSE: Supply The Day's Focus

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Bunds and Gilts traded largely in ranges Wednesday, perhaps biding time ahead of events out of the US (Fed Minutes after hours and jobs report Friday). Curves traded mixed overall.

  • In the meantime, supply was a big theme on the day.
  • Plenty of syndication activity: Italy headlined, selling E7bln of 30Y BTP; Slovenia sold E1.75bln of 4 and 40-year bonds. And in auctions, Germany allotted E3.1bln in Bund and Spain E5.7bln in bonds.
  • Italy underperformed Spain and Portugal, with more bear steepening in the BTP curve.
  • In data, services PMIs were on the soft side; Italy Dec CPI was in line.

Closing Yields / 10-Yr Periphery EGB Spreads To Germany

  • Germany: The 2-Yr yield is down 0.7bps at -0.62%, 5-Yr is down 1.3bps at -0.431%, 10-Yr is up 3.8bps at -0.084%, and 30-Yr is up 0.5bps at 0.262%.
  • UK: The 2-Yr yield is down 0.6bps at 0.762%, 5-Yr is up 0.4bps at 0.917%, 10-Yr is up 0.2bps at 1.087%, and 30-Yr is down 1bps at 1.202%.
  • Italian BTP spread down 1.8bps at 131.9bps / Spanish down 3bps at 68.2bps

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