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GILTS: Light Pressure Following Hawkish Central Bank Comments

GILTS

The hawkish Waller-Haskel combination flagged elsewhere initially pressured gilt futures below 99.50, before a recovery to ~99.65.

  • Still, the contract sticks to the range seen in recent sessions, after bulls failed to test initial resistance (100.05) yesterday.
  • Initial support is located at the 20-day EMA (99.04).
  • Bears need to force a break of key support at the Mar 15 low (98.05) to turn the short-term technical picture more in their favour.
  • Gilt yields are 1.5-3.0bp higher, as the curve sees some light bear flattening.
  • SONIA futures and BOE-dated OIS are roughly in line with pre-gilt open levels, a little off hawkish session extremes.
  • Headline final Q4 UK GDP data was in line with expectations/initial readings.
  • The local calendar is now limited ahead of the long Easter weekend.
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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