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BOND SUMMARY: - Price action at the front end of the US TSY yield has been

relatively contained while yields at the longer end have ticked higher since

0800BST. The 10-year benchmark trades at 3.159% from a morning low of 3.147%.

- JGB yields have drifted lower with the 2-year pushing down to -0.133% from

-0.120% and the 10-year yield edging down to 0.109% from 0.134%.

- German bunds have sold off across the curve. Underperformance at the longer

end has seen the curve steepen with the 2s10s spread trading up to 101.8bps from

99.3bps.

- Italian BTPs have rallied with the short-end outperforming. The 2-year BTP

yield is down 8bps from the day's high.

- Gilts have shrugged off Brexit Secretary Dominic Raabs comments suggesting

that a withdrawal deal will be agreed by November 21. 

-  Euro$ futures are down 1.0 ticks in the whites. Euribor futures are 2.0 ticks

lower in greens/blues