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German government bonds are opening higher Wednesday, taking cue from late flight-to-quality gains in USTs towards the Chicago close and reduced expectations of any positive outcome from the EU Leaders Summit later today.

German government bond opened moderately lower Wednesday on profit-taking following recent risk-aversion bid, but have since reversed direction as risk-off sentiment continues to prevail, amid political uncertainty in Greece.

German government bond markets are opening lower Thursday on profit-taking ahead of the ECB policy decision and ahead of heavy slew of supply from France & Spain for up to E10.0bln.

German government bonds are trading higher midday Wednesday having reversed earlier weakness following release of weaker than expected European PMI manufacturing data and unexpected rise in German unemployment.

German government bonds are opening higher Thursday following dovish comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at the FOMC news conference, which outweighed impact of the hawkish Fed projections.

German government bonds are opening lower Wednesday ahead of the new 30-year Bund auction for E3.0bln. Volumes are seen light as players await the FOMC meeting outcome and press conference with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later this session.

German government bonds are trading higher Monday with the benchmark 10-year Bund yield hitting fresh record low at 1.666% after weak eurozone PMI data and flight-to-quality buying amid weak stocks and political uncertainty in France and the Netherlands.

German government bonds are opening lower Thursday on profit-taking and also ahead of heavy slew of supply this morning from France and Spain for up to E13.5bln. Whilst the market will be focused on the Spanish bond auction, the French auctions have potential to upset, which come at a tricky time ahead of 1st round […]

German government bonds are trading higher Wednesday on weaker continental European stock bourses and following decent demand at the benchmark 2-year Schatz re-opening auction, albeit two-way flow.

German government bonds are opening lower Monday, taking cue from weaker US Treasuries overnight amid risk-on following upbeat Chinese data released over the weekend. China purchasing managers index produced by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) rose to 53.1 in March from 51.0 in Feb.

German government bonds are opening firmer Thursday, amid China and North Korea jitters, combined with uncertainty about the size of the eurozone bailout fund. Focus remains on Spain where a general strike is planned today ahead of PM Mariano Rajoy 2012 budget presentation on Friday.