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BOND SUMMARY
BOND SUMMARY: EGBS/GILTS SUMMARY CLOSING: With investor's focus on multiple
speaker scheduled for today, most market participants took a step back during
the London afternoon session. 
-Bund pared earlier morning losses, to trade back at mid range of the day, but
still down 97 ticks, on the back of Equities giving back some of their morning
gains. 
A decent part of the Bund volume was attributed to Rolls with another 20% done
today, bringing the total to 93%. 
-BTP contract stayed better bid, on the better political outlook for the country
and likely interest in seeking positive yield, with market participants parking
their cash. 
-Bund/BTP has tightened 10bps to 147.5, a best level since May 2018. 
-Gilt price action were in large driven by the Pound, with the currency gaining
over 1% against the greenback (GBPUSD is +0.9% at the time of typing). As such
Gilts are 126 ticks down on the day. -Market participant's attention, now turn
to more Parliament vote due later tonight.

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