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German government bonds are higher Thursday but off their best levels following well received Spain bond auction results, which prompted further tightening in Spanish and Italian yield spreads.

German government bonds are lower Wednesday, amid compression in EMU peripheral spreads following market talk that ESM funds will be used to buy peripheral debt in the secondary market.

German Bunds are trading lower Tuesday, although off the lows, having been unable to hold on to early session gains. The September Bund contract traded to an early session high at 142.95, helped by ongoing concerns for the Spanish banking sector, as press reports suggested the audit report on banks will not be released until […]

German government bonds are sharply higher Monday saving reversed opening losses as initial euphoria over Greece election results fades and jitters surrounding Spain increase.

German government bonds are opening higher Thursday, taking cue from gains in US Treasuries post stellar 10-year Note auction and Moody’s decision to downgrade Spain.

German government bonds are opening mixed Wednesday, with the short-dated Schatz outperforming ahead of the European Central Bank governing council meeting later this session. The ECB meeting – held one day earlier given Corpus Christi holiday on Thursday, with speculation that the ECB will take additional non-standard easing measures.

German government bonds are trading little changed Friday following earlier gains led by the short-end, where the 2-year Schatz sank deeper into negative yield at -0.0063%. In addition, the yield on the German 5-year Bobl hit fresh record low at 0.332% and the 30-year Bund yield fell to record low at 1.7329%.

German government bonds traded lower into the NY session Thursday on profit-taking following recent strong FTQ gains. However, prices are off their worst levels after comments from EU Commission saying direct bank recapitalisations are not possible by the ESM.

German government bonds are sharply higher into the NY session Weds and extending recent FTQ gains, with benchmark 2Y Schatz yield hitting record low at 0.0074% and 10Y Bund yield 1.308%, amid increased jitters surrounding Spain and Italy.

German government bonds are higher Tuesday having reversed opening weakness, with the benchmark 10-year Bund yield hitting fresh record low at 1.344% June Bund futures opened lower on profit-taking, but reversed direction as stocks pare gains with some traders citing comments from Bank of Spain saying economy is to continue shrinking in Q2.

German government bonds are mixed midday Wednesday, with the yield curve steeper, albeit in thin volume trading with U.S closed for the Memorial Day holiday and a number of European countries also observing Whit Monday/Pentecost holidays.