Participants remain on the lookout.....>

BOND SUMMARY: Participants remain on the lookout for the updates on the

spreading Wuhan coronavirus. The death toll and number of confirmed cases ticked

higher still, but price action across the core FI space has been much more

subdued than yesterday. T-Notes trade +0-00+ at 130-29, yields curve has bull

steepened a tad in cash trade. Eurodollars sit -0.5 tick to unch. thru reds.

- JGB futures have crept higher, last trade +5 ticks vs. settlement at 152.65.

The contract threatened to break above yesterday's high of 152.70 but pulled

back from highs. Cash JGB yields are mostly lower. The MoF will auction 40-Year

JGBs later today, while PM Abe is exp. to nominate a potential successor to

BoJ's Harada. Japanese services PPI provoked little in the way of reaction. 

- In Australia, YM +8.0 & XM +11.0 as Aussie bond futures have played catch-up

after the long weekend. Further support have come from the local NAB Business

Confidence Survey, which revealed downticks in both the conditions and

confidence metrics. Yields sit 9.2-14.1bp lower across the flatter curve. Bills

trade 3-6 ticks higher through the reds.