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US TSYS SUMMARY
US TSYS SUMMARY: US Treasuries prices open NY Friday, month-end, yr-end mainly
higher, 30Y mildly weaker amid curve steepening. US Tsy/fincl futures close 1pm
ET, cash US bonds 2pm ET. Monday is New Year's Day holiday for bonds, stocks,
banks, and US govt offices. 
- TOKYO: Tsys began steady/mixed, short end then gradually turned better bid
into UK amid light volume. US$/yen weakness spurred FX-tied bid, along with
month-end, qtr-end and yrend positions. Most Asian stocks indexes end higher;
Jpn's Nikkei up +19% for 2017 or 23.8% on US$; China CSI 300 +22% for yr (30% in
US$ terms.)
- LONDON: Tsys bid on mainly soft Europe stks, except FTSE-100. Bid for 2Y-10Y
but long end dips to new overnight low recently. BBG/Barclays adv Tsys index
mo-end extensn 0.07 yrs. German DAX +12.7% on yr, +28.5% in US$; UK FTSE-100
+7.5% on yr, 17.8% in US$. 
- US SWAPS: Mostly wider, flatter, light flow; $47.1K DV01 3/5Y swap flattener. 
- OVERNIGHT REPO: Final 2017 day, yrend "turn"; overnight repo has tighter Tsys
3Y, 5Y, old 5Y, 10Y. This wk's 2/5/7Y auctions settle early next wk. 

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