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GILT SUMMARY
GILT SUMMARY: Gilts are trading mixed going into NY open as the short-end
recovers from earlier losses but long-end remains weighed with attention on this
afternoon's key vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill in House of Commons.
- 2-yr Gilt yield is -0.3bp at 0.696%, 5-yr -0.5bp at 1.015%, 10-yr -0.4bp at
1.276%, 30-yr +0.5bp at 1.755% & 50-yr +1.0bp at 1.580% according to Tradeweb.
- PM May has been reported as saying that she will not back down over the vote
as she told them they will be handing a victory to Brussels if they inflict a
damaging defeat on the Government. The vote is expected to be around 1530BST
after it has been debated for 90 minutes according to reports. 
- There has been some decent buying of December short sterling call options over
the last couple of days which look for the BoE leaving interest rates on hold
this year and for lower libor/fraois print going forward. Strip currently steady
to 2 ticks higher with Green/Blue contracts leading the way
- Recovery in in Gilts coincided with strong demand seen at launch of a new
10-yr Il Gilt for Stg1.25bln, and then underpinned by newswire reports that the
EU will hit the US with E2.5bln worth of tariffs 

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