(Updates moves, adds analyst comment and context)
By Linda Pasquini
May 29 (Reuters) - Euro zone government bond yields
inched up on Thursday, as investors ditched safe havens for
riskier assets after a U.S. federal court blocked most of
President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.
Investors moved away from bonds, gold, and safe-haven
currencies such as the yen and Swiss franc after the
Manhattan-based Court of International Trade ruled on Wednesday
that Trump overstepped his authority by imposing
across-the-board duties on imports from the United States'
trading partners.
The Trump administration has appealed the ruling, which does
not include sectoral levies, and could seek other legal avenues
for Trump to impose tariffs.
"(The court ruling) removes some uncertainty, but it adds
some," said Kenneth Broux, head of corporate research FX and
rates at Societe Generale.
Though the news provided a relief boost to stocks and
the dollar, he said, the situation nonetheless remained very
unpredictable.
Germany's 10-year government bond yield, the
euro area benchmark, rose 3.5 basis points (bps) to around
2.58%. It fell to around 2.51% on Tuesday, its lowest level
since May 8.
"What we are seeing is some dispersion in bond markets,"
Broux said, with the recent rise in yields highlighting not only
supply and demand constraints but also fiscal dynamics.
Long-term bond yields have risen this month on growing
concern about rising debt levels among big economies such as the
United States and Japan.
German 30-year government bond yields edged up
nearly 4 bps to around 3.08%, while the 2-year government bond
yield, more sensitive to European Central Bank policy
rates, rose 2 bps to 1.82%.
Markets have fully priced in a 25-bps interest rate cut from
the ECB when it meets next week.
They also indicated a deposit facility rate at 1.71%
in December, from 1.55% in mid-April.
Italy's 10-year yield rose 3 bps to 3.58%,
leaving the spread between Italian and German yields
around 97 bps.
U.S. Treasury yields also rose on the day, with the yield on
the benchmark 10-year Treasury note up over 5 bps to
4.533%.