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EUROZONE BOND EDGE HIGHER

Italy’s 10-year bond yield was up 1.5 basis points, after hitting its highest since October 2020 at 0.31%, up 5 bps, as prices fell and the gap over German peers widened out to 107 bps -- the most since March.

Upcoming supply as one reason for weakness in peripheral bonds, along with a feeling that a brighter outlook for the euro area could encourage the European Central Bank to slow the pace of its bond-buying stimulus in the months ahead. Bonds are a bit on the back foot, and that might be in anticipation of a generally less supportive ECB environment after June.

Furthermore, net PEPP purchases in the week ending April 23 came in at 22.2 billion euros, the largest weekly net purchases number since end-June 2020. BTPs are discounting the supply of these and there is probably some fear for the 2021 deficit expected to be around 11% and German Italian bond yield spread at around 100 basis points.

Greek 10-year yields were flat at 0.93%, shrugging off S&P’s decision on Friday to lift Greece’s rating a notch to ‘BB.’

Germany’s Ifo institute said its business climate index, viewed as a leading economic indicator, edged up to 96.8 in April, rising less than expected.

Germany’s 10-year Bond yield was up half a basis point at -0.25%, but below seven-week highs hit last week.

Euro zone bond yields edged higher on Monday, amid a growing sense that the worst may be over for the bloc’s coronavirus-battered economy.

U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Monday before the Treasury Department sells $183 billion in debt, and ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting







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