News flow has been very thin in the early.....>

BONDS: News flow has been very thin in the early part of today's Asia-Pac

session, and price action was limited across the FI space.

- T-Notes stuck to a tight range before technical issues resulted in the closure

of CME products. CME Group has "identified the technical issue and is working to

resolve it. When the iLink gateways are restarted they will be in the normal

primary/backup configuration" and will publish the pre-open and opening times

shortly. Cash yields are unchanged to a little lower.

- JGB futures have edged higher, finishing the morning session at 152.88. This

came after the BoJ left the sizes of its 1-10 Rinban ops unch. JGB yields from

7-Years out have edged higher this morning, while shorter dated yields have

ticked lower, promoting some twist steepening. BoJ's Katoaka offered little new

in his latest address, maintaining his line of dissent re: BoJ MonPol.

- Aussie bond yields eased off, after the release of soft domestic construction

data, which printed at -3.1% vs. exp. of +0.5%. A positive NY session for Tsys

also helped the bid. YM trades +3.5 ticks at writing, with XM +3.0 ticks. YM/XM

is unchanged unch. Bills trade unch.-2 ticks higher through the reds.