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Futures Uptick Overnight, US Tsys Finish Modestly Richer

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In post-Tokyo trade, JGB futures are holding an uptick, closing +1 compared to settlement levels, after US tsys finish modestly richer. Weaker-than-expected Flash PMIs underpinned a short covering rally for US tsys after a heavy April.

  • Stronger than expected new home sales and a bounce in US equities tempered rates support by the close. The US 2-year yield dropped 4bps to 4.93%, while the 10-year finished at 4.60%, 1bp lower.
  • (MNI) Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance company will further increase its holding of yen bonds, mainly 30- and 40-year Japanese government bonds, for this fiscal year, the company’s fund manager said on Tuesday. “We expect interest rates to gradually rise (in Japan) and we would like to see 30-year JGB yield above 2%,” Kouhei Horikawa, general manager of the investment planning department at Dai-ichi Life, told reporters.(See link)
  • Today, the local calendar will see PPI Services data alongside BoJ Rinban Operations covering 3-25-year+ JGBs.

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