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BOND SUMMARY
BOND SUMMARY: Today's Asia-Pacific session saw the release of softer than exp.
Australian house price index, alongside the latest RBA meeting minutes, which
reiterated that there is no strong case for a near-term rate adjustment.
- Aussie bond yields ebbed lower through the session, finishing 4.1 to 5.3bp
lower across the curve. The 3-Year yield tested the water below the the RBA cash
rate for the first time since 2016 and finished at 1.493%. YM last seen at
98.55, XM at 98.065, with YM/XM at 48/50.
- T-Notes edged higher overnight and last trade +0.01+ at 122.28+, with U.S.
10-Year cash Tsy yield sitting at 2.596%, while cash yields are trading 0.5 to
1.0bp lower across the curve. Eurodollar contracts are trading 0.5 to 1.0 tick
higher through the reds.
- JGB futures eased off after touching intraday highs on the back of a strong
20-Year JGB auction, which attracted the highest demand since Jan 2014. They
were last seen at 152.81, 3 ticks above settlement, with cash yields 1.4bp lower
to 0.6bp higher across the curve.
- Bunds -0.01 at 164.26, Bobls -0.01 at 132.42, Schatz -0.01 at 111.815.

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