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Euro zone bond yields fall as vaccine optimism fades

  • Bond yields fall as vaccine optimism fades.
  • Germany's 10-year yield seen trading in range.
  • Italy's risk premium falls to lowest since Q2 2018.
  • Focus on European Central Bank.
Published November 12, 2020

AMSTERDAM: Euro zone bond yields fell in early trade on Thursday as caution replaced enthusiasm over COVID-19 vaccines, while focus also remained on the European Central Bank.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday the bank would focus on more emergency bond purchases and cheap loans in its new stimulus package, due in December. Yields pulled back after bond prices fell earlier in the week on news of the Pfizer vaccine.

On Thursday, Germany's 10-year yield was down 1 basis point to -0.52%> in early trade.

UniCredit analysts noted that while European equities have gained and broken out of their recent trading range on the vaccine news, the Bund yield remains within its recent trading range and near its average since April.

"This suggests that ... investors are pondering with caution the implications of the vaccine on the economy," they said in a note, adding that concern over lockdowns may outweigh optimism around a future vaccine.

The moves showed the ECB's policy rate -- at -0.50% -- provides a support level for the benchmark Bund yield, said Michael Leister, head of interest rate strategy at Commerzbank. He expects Lagarde's reassurances to continue resonating with the market.

Italian bonds, which outperformed after Lagarde spoke on Wednesday, saw 10-year yields down 5 basis point on the day to 0.66% after Italy sold 6 billion euros of three-, seven- and 15-year bonds, securing record low borrowing costs on the three and 15-year.

That pushed the gap between the 10-year yield and Germany's -- effectively the risk premium on Italian debt -- to around 116 basis points, its lowest since the second quarter of 2018.

Central banks will again be on focus on Thursday, with Lagarde due to speak together with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the ECB's annual symposium at 16:45 GMT.

Other ECB board members will also be speaking at the symposium earlier in the session.

"We expect other central bankers at Sintra today to echo similar caution on the outlook. This should allow EGBs (euro government bonds) to maintain the strength seen yesterday, although some may be looking to fade rallies at this point," analysts at Mizuho told clients.

Also in the primary market, Ireland sold 1.25 billion euros of 10- and 30-year bonds in an auction, the final one for this year.

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