Gilts are stronger to open the day.....>

GILT SUMMARY: Gilts are stronger to open the day as markets await the release of

the UK government's 'no-deal' Brexit contingency plans.

- Sep8 future is 10 ticks higher at 123.42.

- The Gilt curve has made a parallel shift in yields lower, with the 2-Yr yield

down 1.0bps at 0.714%, the 10-Yr yield down 1.2bps at 1.261%, and the 30-Yr down

1.1bps at 1.739%.

- The Short Sterling strip is a little flatter with White contracts lower by a

tick and Dec21/Mar22 contracts up a tick each.

- Brexit Minister Raab Thursday morning reiterated previous talking points on

the negotiations with the EU, saying the talks are 80% agreed and no-deal Brexit

remains an 'unlikely scenario', though obstacles including the Northern Irish

border still remain.

- Raab`s department is set to publish 25 technical notices later today, around

one-third of the total 68 planned.