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GILT SUMMARY

Having traded weaker earlier in the morning, gilts then moved sideways through the remainder of the session.

  • Cash yields are 1-2bp higher on the day with the curve marginally steeper.
  • The Sep-21 gilt future trades at 127.16, 12 ticks above the day's low.
  • The BoE purchased GBP1.147bn of short-dated gilts with offer-to-cover of 3.98x.
  • Tomorrow the DMO will offer GBP3bn of the 0.375% Oct-26 Gilt and GBP1.25bn of the 1.625% Oct-71 Gilt at auction.
  • Comments from UK Brexit Minister Lord David Frost at the weekend indicating that the EU needed to compromised on Northern Ireland protocol have triggered a stern rebuke from Dublin and Paris.
  • Looking ahead, Friday sees the release of monthly GDP, index of services, industrial production, construction output and international trade data for April.
  • Uncertainty around the June 21 re-opening continues to linger in the background.

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