Bunds jump, European shares fall on German data

22 Mar, 2012

Germany's manufacturing sector shrank on the back of falling new orders, raising concern over its resilience to the euro zone crisis and overshadowing optimism at the approval of Greece's bailout package.

The June Bund future rose to 137.14, up 81 ticks on the day. It was trading around 136.64 just before the data.

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index extended losses to 0.8 percent, hitting a fresh one-week low of 1,083.43. Implied volatility on Euro STOXX 50 - a crude gauge of risk aversion - rose to a one-week high of 22.2.

Copyright Reuters, 2012

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