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EGB SUMMARY: EGBs have weakened from overnight highs early Monday, ahead of ECB

speakers headlined by President Draghi this afternoon.

- Mar 19 Bund futures up 2 ticks at 165.09, down from 165.30 earlier. 

- The 2-Yr German yield is down 0.1bps at -0.581%, 5-Yr is up 0.1bps at -0.295%,

10-Yr is up 0.3bps at 0.196%, and 30-Yr is up 0.6bps at 0.782%.

- The Mar 19 BTP future is down 34 ticks at 128.65, having traded in a range of

128.61-129.06 today. The 2-Yr yield is up 2.3bps at 0.31%, 5-Yr is up 3.8bps at

1.582%, 10-Yr is up 3.1bps at 2.68%, and 30-Yr is up 1.1bps at 3.518%.

- Deputy PM Salvini said French Pres Macron needed to return Italian

`terrorists` who have settled in France.

- 10-Yr Italy spreads to Germany out by 2.8bps at 248.4bps. Elsewhere, periphery

EGB spreads fairly well-behaved, with Spain, Portugal and Greece 10-Yrs wider by

0.2-0.4bps vs Bunds.

- This morning sees ECB's Nowotny speak at a Fintech seminar (so unlikely to be

market-moving) at 0845GMT; and later, Draghi up at 1400GMT in Brussels.

- Data this week includes Eurozone inflation and GDP.