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German government bonds are lower Tuesday amid risk-on following release of better than expected Italian and UK industrial production data.

German government bonds are trading higher Monday as EMU peripheral spreads widen, albeit in thin volume conditions. Attention turns to the Eurogroup meeting later today in Brussels and also comments from ECB President Draghi at the European Parliament, in Brussels.

German government bonds are trading higher Friday as EMU peripheral spreads widen led by Spain, albeit in thin volumes as market awaits key US payrolls data.

German government bonds are trading little changed Thurs ahead of key policy decisions from the ecb, with prices pressured by selling in Gilts after the Bank of England increases its quantitative easing programme by Stg50.0bln – as expected.

German government bonds are sharply higher Wednesday, amid risk-off following weaker than expected German final services PMI data and also strong demand at the 5-year Bobl auction.

German government bonds are trading mixed Tuesday, with the long-dated issues suffering in the wake of Dutch central bank announcement late Monday to modify the interest rate curve for insurers, in turn steepening the yield curve.

German government bonds are trading lower Friday, but off their worst level as traders take a second look at the EU Summit decision that allows for the EFSF/ESM to recapitalize banks directly, with conclusion that this isn’t a game changer.

German government bonds are opening higher Thursday with EMU peripheral spreads widening ahead of the EU Summit. Volumes are seen subdued ahead of month-/quarter-/half-year end tomorrow, where some estimates of quarter-end rebalancing is around $10.3bln in fixed income outflows compared to $5.4bln equity inflows.

German government bonds are opening moderately lower Wednesday, with prices seen underpinned ahead of the Italian T-bill auction and also key political events in Europe.

German government bonds are trading lower Tuesday with long-dated issues underperforming the yield curve, weighed by the heavy slew of eurozone issuance in that sector.

German government bonds are opening lower Tuesday, but off their worst levels as Spain yield spreads trade wider after Moody’s decision to downgrade 28 Spanish banks by 1-4 notches.