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NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Monday, with investors finding few reasons to keep pushing stocks higher with both the Dow and S&P 500 coming off record closing highs.
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*Both S&P 500 and Dow ended last week at all-time closing highs. NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. stock index futures were flat on Monday after the S&P 500 index set a record closing high on Friday and investors waited for a report on U.S. manufacturing, a major component of economic growth.
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*Slovenia does not need to go to bond market now. LJUBLJANA, March 29- Slovenia will not be the next euro member to need a financial rescue as it can afford to wait for lower borrowing costs before issuing new debt, its top economic official said on Friday.
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NEW YORK, April 1- U.S. The weaker than expected ISM manufacturing report was really the big bullish trigger for today's session, "said Ian Lyngen, a senior government bond strategist at CRT Capital Group in Stamford, Connecticut.
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TOKYO, April 1- Japanese government bond prices fell on Monday, as investors took profits at the start of Japan's financial year after yields on benchmark 10- year debt had fallen to a near-decade low and ahead of an auction of the same maturity on Tuesday.
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TOKYO, April 1- A weekly gauge of sentiment in the Japanese government bond market plunged from a record high on worries JGBs might have been over bought on expectations of bold monetary easing by the Bank of Japan, the latest Thomson Reuters poll showed on Monday.
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*Argentina vows to pay restructured bonds no matter what. NEW YORK/ BUENOS AIRES, March 30- Argentina challenged a U.S. court over the weekend by proposing that "holdout" bond investors be repaid only about one sixth the money federal judges hearing the case say they are owed, setting the stage for a legal showdown in New York.
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NEW YORK, March 30- Argentina is pitching an alternative payment formula to a U.S. appeals court that would allow it to resolve litigation with creditors holding defaulted bonds for which they are demanding to be paid $1.33 billion.
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NEW YORK, March 30- Argentina on Friday pitched an alternative payment formula to a U.S. appeals court that would allow it to resolve litigation with creditors holding defaulted bonds for which they are demanding to be paid $1.33 billion.
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*Slovenia does not need to go to bond market now. LJUBLJANA, March 29- Slovenia will not be the next euro member to need a financial rescue as it can afford to wait for lower borrowing costs before issuing new debt, its top economic official said on Friday.
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Cyprus may be a "special case" in the eyes of European officials, but their handling of its bailout is taking a toll on another small euro zone member with an over-burdened banking sector- Slovenia.
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*Cyprus crisis sends jitters through Slovenian debt market. *No reaction to North Korea sabre-rattling. Trade was, however, subdued with many markets closed for Easter holidays, and there was limited reaction to North Korea putting its missile units on standby to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific.
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*Cyprus crisis sends jitters through Slovenian debt market. TOKYO, March 29- The euro edged up on Friday but stayed near four-month lows against the dollar, beset by political deadlock in Italy and worries the huge losses suffered by Cypriot depositors as part of a bailout could unnerve investors in other euro zone debt.
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TOKYO, March 29- Yields on benchmark 10- year Japanese government bonds pulled back from a near-decade low on Friday, as investors took some profit ahead of next week's auction of similar maturities and a Bank of Japan policy meeting. It's good to take some profit right here, "said Tadashi Matsukawa, head of fixed-income at Pinebridge Investments in Tokyo.
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*Cyprus crisis shatters confidence in Slovenia. TOKYO, March 29- The euro hovered near four-month lows against the dollar on Friday, beset by political deadlock in Italy and worries huge losses Cypriot depositors have been forced to stomach as part of a bailout could unnerve investors in other euro zone debt.
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NEW YORK, March 28- U.S. Benchmark 10- year Treasuries yields have fallen to near three-week lows on fears that losses that bondholders and banks depositors in Cyprus are taking to restructure their banks will form a template for other countries in the euro zone that are struggling with high debt loads.
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*Signs of calm in Cyprus pare safe haven bids for bonds. Treasury debt prices dipped on Thursday with benchmark yields hovering near three-week lows, as investors made room before a $29 billion auction of seven-year notes, the final leg of this week's $99 billion in longer-dated supply.
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LONDON, March 28- Cyprus may be a "special case" in the eyes of European officials, but their handling of its bailout is taking a toll on another small euro zone member with an over-burdened banking sector- Slovenia.
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*Signs of calm in Cyprus pare safe haven bids for bonds. Relative calm in Cyprus, where banks reopened under tight government control after they were shut for nearly two weeks and the island nation received a 10 billion euro bailout, diminished safe haven demand for low-yielding U.S. government debt. "
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NEW YORK, March 28- U.S. institutional investors recommended reducing stocks holdings and increasing bond allocations in March even as the Dow Jones industrial average passed an all-time high, judging risks to this year's bullish run have grown. The U.S. economy, however, is showing signs of steady improvement at a time when Europe and Japan are struggling.