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JGB yields rise as global politics add to pressure from yen
Jun 30, 2024 10:51 PM

TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond

yields rose on Monday as a weak yen stoked expectations for

tighter Bank of Japan policy, while concerns over elections in

France and the U.S. pushed yields higher globally.

The 10-year JGB yield rose 2.5 basis points

to 1.065% as of 0438 GMT, ticking back towards an almost 13-year

peak of 1.1% from late May.

Benchmark 10-year JGB futures fell 0.25 yen to

142.61, a nearly 11-year trough.

The 10-year yield rose more than other tenors, with an

auction of the notes due on Tuesday. Demand is in question due

to uncertainties over the BOJ's plans for quantitative

tightening, which won't be announced until the July 30-31 policy

meeting.

Meanwhile, expectations for a rate hike at the same

gathering have been heightened by the yen's slump to a 37

1/2-year low to the dollar on Friday.

In the current environment, "it's easy for the yen bond

market to test the topside for yields", said Noriatsu Tanji,

chief bond strategist at Mizuho Securities. "There is a good

chance that the 10-year yield will rise above 1.1% in the short

term."

U.S. 10-year Treasury yields climbed to a fresh

2-1/2-week top in Tokyo hours, as concerns built over the fiscal

consequences of a potential second Donald Trump presidency,

following President Joe Biden's shaky debate performance last

week.

French bond yields have also been rising on

worries that an election win for the far-right National Rally

could add to the country's debt pile, although results from

first-round voting on the weekend showed the party winning less

votes than some polls had predicted.

Japan's two-year yield added 0.5 bp to 0.355%,

while the five-year yield rose 1.5 bps to 0.595%.

The 20-year yield climbed 1.5 bps to 1.88%.

The 30-year yield was 1 bp higher at 2.24%.

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