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Austria, Greece and Italy are still due to sell bills this week, while Germany and France have already come to the market. We expect issuance to be E18.1bln in first round operations, broadly similar to the E18.0bln last week.
The trend needle in GBPUSD continues to point north. Support at the 50-day EMA, at 1.3367, remains intact. A clear breach of this average would signal scope for a deeper retracement. Moving average studies are in a bull-mode position too highlighting a dominant medium-term uptrend. Key resistance and the bull trigger has been defined at 1.3632, the Jun 13 high. Clearance of this hurdle would resume the primary uptrend.
Bobl futures remain in a bull cycle, however, the contract continues to trade below its Jun 13 high. The latest pullback has exposed key short-term support at 117.530, the Jun 5 low. A break of this level would highlight a stronger reversal and cancel the recent bull theme. This would open 117.470, the May 21 low. Key short-term resistance has been defined at 118.390, the Jun 13 high. Clearance of this level would be bullish.