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US TSY FUTURES CLOSE
US TSY FUTURES CLOSE: Trades heavy late, long end extending session lows by the
bell on heavy futures volume (TYH>1.8M), choppy day in lead-up to Fri's NFP/AHE
data release (185k est/0.2% est respectively). Large block sale (-15k TYH
121-07) sell through an -08 bid at time of post helped trigger move to new lows,
30Y yld topping 3.01% first time since May 2017. Curves broadly steeper, latest
curve update:
* 2s10s +5.323, 61.366 (61.554H/55.742L);
* 2s30s +5.645, 84.670 (84.918H/77.658L);
* 5s30s +2.725, 44.654 (44.747H/40.049L);
Current futures levels:
* Mar Ultra bonds down 1-29/32 at 160-01 (159-30L/162-03H)
* Mar 30-yr Bond futures down 1-11/32 at 146-15 (146-14L/148-02H)
* Mar 10-yr futures down 12/32 at 121-06.5 (121-05.5L/121-21.5H)
* Mar 5-yr futures down 5.25/32 at 114-17.5 (114-16.5L/114-23.75H)
* Mar 2-yr futures down .75/32 at 106-19 (106-18L/106-20.25H)

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