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T-Notes Creep Higher Despite Fresh Record Highs In S&P 500 E-Minis

BOND SUMMARY

News flow has been relatively uninspiring so far and the data calendar is very light, offering little impetus. T-Notes have inched higher and last trade +0-02+ at 139-20+, sticking to a 0-04 range, even as S&P 500 e-minis printed fresh record highs. Yields sit +0.2bp to -0.6bp across the curve, with the longer end outperforming at the margin. Eurodollar futures running unch. to +0.5 tick through the reds.

  • JGB futures have crept higher and trade through overnight highs, last +10 at 151.95. Yields are mostly slightly lower, but 3s trade +2.6bp as we type. The BoJ left the size of its 3-5 Year JGB purchases unchanged today.
  • In Australia, YM unch. & XM +1.5 at typing. Cash ACGB curve runs flatter, with yields unch. to -1.8bp. Bills last seen unch. to -1 tick through the reds. Local coronavirus remains under scrutiny, with the Herald Sun reporting that Victorian gov't will "legislate to allow state of emergency to be in place for up to 18 months". Meanwhile, the formal launch of a new ACGB Nov '31 via syndication provides some interest today.

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