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EGB SUMMARY
EGB SUMMARY: The week looks to be ending with a whimper rather than a bang amid
thin liquidity Friday, and the outcomes of key weekend summits awaited.
- 363k Sep Bund contracts traded as of 1540UK time, very light in volume.
Trading in a narrow range as well, up 15 ticks at 172.77 (L: 172.46 / H: 172.8).
- Italian spreads have remained pinned down by optimism of potential
postponement of EDP procedure. 10-Yr 5.4bps tighter to Bunds at 240bps.
- Spreads elsewhere barely changed.
- Euribor futures 2.0-2.5 ticks higher. Muted reaction to EZ inflation data.
- The weekend sees G20 meetings which could attract attention on several fronts,
including Italy-EU and China-U.S. Trump-Xi meeting tonight (European time).
- Sunday`s Brussels summit could have major repercussions if decisions are made
on top European jobs, esp for ECB President.
- Meanwhile, ECB's Mersch makes an appearance Saturday in Bonn.
- Latest futures prices: 
* Sep BTP futures (IK) up 58 ticks at 134.34 (L: 133.76 / H: 134.34)
* Sep OAT futures (OA) up 16 ticks at 164.91 (L: 164.64 / H: 164.93)

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