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GILT SUMMARY: Gilts are a little weaker early Wednesday as PM May heads to

Brussels amid sustained domestic opposition to her Brexit withdrawal deal.

- The Dec 18 Gilt future is down 25 ticks at 122.75, having traded in a range of

122.72-122.9 thus far.

- The 2-Yr yield is up 2.5bps at 0.734%, 5-Yr is up 2.6bps at 0.947%, 10-Yr is

up 3.1bps at 1.414%, and 30-Yr is up 2.2bps at 1.984%.

- Short Sterling futures are off 2-3 ticks across the strip.

- PM May is in Brussels this evening to meet with EC President Juncker ahead of

the EU special Brexit summit on Sunday.

- A key objection that has emerged is over Gibraltar, with Spain apparently

holding reservations over the draft withdrawal agreement in this respect.

- The Conservative movement of no confidence in PM May appears to be fizzling

out, though increasing objections are emerging from elsewhere in Parliament,

with the Scottish SNP and Labour meeting on Tuesday, and the Northern Irish DUP

withholding their vote for the Conservatives' finance bill.