Yesterday’s low in gilt futures holds at the open (91.47), as the contract bases at 91.48, before recovering to ~91.65 last.
- The short-term bearish technical threat remains present, with the next support of note located at the April 15 low
- Yields 1-2bp lower across the curve, 2s10s and 5s30s curves stick within multi-week ranges.
- 2s continue to trade sub-4.00% after yesterday’s brief and limited break above.
- 10-Year yields have pierced the April 15 high (4.672%) during the past couple of sessions but haven’t meaningfully extended beyond that point.
- Fundamentals continue to point to further curve steepening, although a more activist approach from the BoE & DMO (when it comes to skewing bond sales more towards the short end) presents a risk to that view.
- Those steps from official agencies have played into the move away from April lows in long end swap spreads (along with broader macro dynamics centred on the tariff picture).
- GBP STIRs roughly in line with levels we flagged ahead of the gilt open, showing 48bp of BoE cuts through year-end, with the next 25bp step fully discounted through September.
- On the supply front, the DMO will come to market with GBP4.25bln of the 4.50% Mar-35 gilt this morning.