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GILT SUMMARY
GILT SUMMARY: Gilts edged higher across the board this morning as general
risk-off sentiment is prevailing in Europe. 
- The FTSE100 is trading down 32 points today but slightly higher than early
lows. 
- The Mar 19 Gilt future is up 17 ticks at 123.52, having traded in a range of
123.49-123.72 today.
- Across the cash curve the super long end is outperforming, both the
30-Yr/50-Yr yields dropping 3.1bps to 1.769% and 1.664% respectively. 
- The curve has flattened by 2.3bps through the 2Yr to 30Yr section with the
2-Yr yield is down 0.8bps at 0.729%, 5-Yr is down 1.4bps at 0.88%, 10-Yr is down
1.8bps at 1.248%, and 30-Yr is down 3.1bps at 1.769%. 
- UK investors will be watching today for news coming out of the Cabinet meeting
as UK PM May has announced they will discuss plans for a No-Deal Brexit
scenario.

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