Softer tones as we wait on official openings 25 Sept

  • DAX futures -0.2%
  • CAC40 -0.1%
  • FTSE -0.1%

German bund futures open +18 at 161.30

German 10-year bund yield down to 0.44% while the Italian-German 10-year govt bond spread widens to the widest in 2 1/2 weeks at 168 basis points after the German election result

EURGBP slides further to test recent lows around 0.8780 sending GBPUSD up to 1.3571 as EURUSD nudges lower still to post 1.1918

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