JGB futures hit six-week high tracking Treasuries

(Reuters) - September 10-year futures rose as much as 0.29 point to
132.37 , the highest since early June.




Traders said expectations remained for the Bank of Japan to
raise interest rates to a 12-year high of 0.75 percent from the
current 0.5 percent as early as next month, limiting gains in
JGBs.


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JGBs slip on fall in euro zone bonds, Nikkei rise

(Reuters) - "JGBs opened a bit lower since Bunds fell and are extending
their losses since the Nikkei is rising," said a senior trader
for a major Japanese bank.




September 10-year JGB futures fell 0.15 point to 131.75
as of 0054 GMT, pulling away from a three-week high of
132.23 hit on Monday.


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JGBs fall on overseas bond slide, weak auction

(Reuters) - Bonds extended their losses after an auction of 20-year JGBs
by the Ministry of Finance met with slightly weak demand as
investors remained wary that yields will continue to rise.




"Upward pressure on U.S. and European yields is continuing,
so it's also difficult to buy JGBs," said Akihiko Inoue, a market
analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities.


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JGB futures climb on Fukui, Treasury gains boost

(Reuters) - A rally in U.S. Treasuries on Friday also encouraged market
players to cover short positions in JGBs, which had been sold off
in the previous four weeks on a spike in global bond yields, as
well as on worries of a BOJ rate hike as early as July.




Fukui said the central bank wanted to be more convinced of
the sustainability of capital spending and consumption before
changing monetary policy, relieving some who had been worried
about an interest rate hike next month.


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