BONDS: Euribor moving lower is the highlight of the session so far

Apr-29 09:35
  • The most notable moves in core fixed income this morning have been in the Euribor strip. There has been downward pressure since 7:45BST when French HICP data came out 3 tenths higher than expected. The moves lower for Euribor have continued despite the pan-Eurozone and Italian HICP prints coming in in line with expectations and the strip is up to 9.0 ticks lower, with the Jun-23 contract seeing the biggest move. Eurodollar and SONIA strips have moved a little lower in sympathy, but both are outperforming the Euribor strip.
  • Euribor futures have dragged Schatz yields higher, and we have also seen 2-year UST yields move higher this morning.
  • Bund futures started to move lower around 9:30BST/4:30ET - there was little data released at that time (in what has been a very busy data session), so it seems as though the moves lower in Euribor are pulling the whole German curve lower.
  • In the rest of the session we still have US PCE, personal income / spending, the MNI Chicago Business Barometer and the final print of Michigan confidence to be released.
  • TY1 futures are up 0-1 today at 119-12+ with 10y UST yields up 3.5bp at 2.860% and 2y yields up 4.9bp at 2.668%.
  • Bund futures are down -0.01 today at 154.14 with 10y Bund yields up 0.6bp at 0.904% and Schatz yields up 3.8bp at 0.232%.
  • Gilt futures are up 0.12 today at 118.97 with 10y yields down -1.5bp at 1.860% and 2y yields up 0.1bp at 1.536%.

Historical bullets

EUR: Broader base buying

Mar-30 13:16
  • Small pressure on the Aussie against the EUR and USD.
  • Likely a function of the EUR, pushing through session high versus CAD, AUD, NOK, USD, GBP, CNH.
  • EURUSD is through 1.1150 50-day EMA, and further momentum, will have market participants looking at 1.1200 next.
  • Note that there is 1.26bn at 1.1150 of option expiry
  • Bund is back below 157.00

GREECE T-BILL AUCTION RESULTS: 26-week GTBs

Mar-30 13:16
Type 26-week GTB
Maturity Sep 30, 2022
Amount E625mln
Target E625mln
Previous E625mln
Avg yield -0.20%
Previous -0.40%
Bid-to-cover 1.69x
Previous 1.82x
Previous date Feb 23, 2022

ITALY AUCTION RESULTS: 5/10-year BTPs

Mar-30 13:16
1.10% Apr-27 BTP 0.95% Jun-32 BTP
ISIN IT0005484552 IT0005466013
Amount E3bln E3.5bln
Previous E4bln E3bln
Avg yield 1.46% 2.14%
Previous 1.07% 1.81%
Bid-to-cover 1.38x 1.31x
Previous 1.37x 1.37x
Price 98.28 89.26
Previous 100.15 92.020
Pre-auction mid 98.256 89.193
Previous 100.200 91.964
Previous date 25-Feb-22 25-Feb-22