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GILT SUMMARY
GILT SUMMARY: Its been a quiet opening to the day with Gilts slightly up across
the board as general risk-off sentiment prevails across Europe.
- The FTSE100 is trading down 40 points today, as WTI has dropped below $50 for
the first time since 2017.  
- The Mar-19 Gilt future is up 16 ticks at 123.51, having traded in a range of
123.49-123.67. 
- Across the cash curve the 10-Yr Gilt has outperformed, it's yield dropping
1.7bps to 1.249%. 
- The curve has flattened by 0.8bps through the 2Yr to 30Yr section with the
2-Yr yield down 0.7bps at 0.73%, 5-Yr down 1.2bps at 0.882%, and 30-Yr down
1.5bps at 1.785%. 
- 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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