Nikkei Reverses Gains, Down by as Much as 3%
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TOKYO, Feb 15- Japan government bonds rose on Friday with the 30- year yield hitting a seven-week low, driven partly by news that Toshiro Muto, seen as the least dovish candidate for the governorship of the Bank of Japan, has emerged as a frontrunner for the job. "Muto is thought to be relatively less dovish," said Yuya Yamashita, rates strategist at J.P. Morgan.
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TOKYO, Feb 15- Japanese government bonds rose on Friday, with the 30- year yield hitting a seven-week low as life insurers nibbled at longer-dated debt while some hedge funds appeared to be cutting their bearish bets.
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*Treasury sells $16 billion in new 30- year bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. Treasuries added further to gains after the government sold $16 billion of 30- year bonds at a high yield of 3.180 percent.
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*Treasury sells $16 billion in new 30- year bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. Treasuries added further to gains after the government sold $16 billion of 30- year bonds at a high yield of 3.180 percent.
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*France concedes will miss 2013 deficit target. PARIS, Feb 14- France's admission that it will miss its 2013 public deficit target looks to have escaped punishment for now, with bond markets still granting it cheap borrowing and the European Union's fiscal enforcers signaling leniency.
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*Treasury will sell $16 billion in new 30- year bonds. NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. Treasuries followed the rally in bunds, which was driven by weak GDP data, "said Carl Lantz, an interest rate strategist at Credit Suisse in New York.
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NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. Treasuries pared price gains and yields rose slightly after data showed that U.S. jobless claims fell to 341,000 in the latest week, below consensus expectations of 360,000 claims. Benchmark 10- year Treasuries notes were last up 3/ 32 in price to yield 2.05 percent, up from 2.03 percent before the data.
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*Cisco shares slip as results hit by lower Europe revenue. NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday in the wake of weaker-than-expected growth data from Europe and Japan and a disappointing outlook from technology bellwether Cisco Systems.
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*Cisco shares slip alongside its revenue from Europe. NEW YORK, Feb 14- U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, in the wake of weaker-than-expected growth data from Europe and Japan and a disappointing outlook from technology bellwether Cisco Systems.
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LONDON, Feb 14- The European Union's markets watchdog will monitor the use of collateral as tough rules forcing banks to hold more in order to make derivatives markets safer are prompting some lenders to warn there may not be enough quality holdings to go around.
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TOKYO, Feb 14- Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa defended the central bank's aggressive monetary expansion, saying it was aimed at reviving the economy not at weakening the yen, as the country came under fresh international criticism ahead of a closely watched G20 gathering.
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VIENNA, Feb 14- Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann suggested on Thursday raising the levy on derivative trades once 11 euro zone countries have implemented a new tax on financial transactions.
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*Ten-year JGB futures fall, end 6 days of gains. TOKYO, Feb 14- Yields on Japanese government bonds edged up on Thursday, tracking higher U.S. yields after a tepid debt sale in the United States, while the Bank of Japan left its monetary policy steady.
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NEW YORK, Feb 14- Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said that future changes to the U.S. sovereign credit rating will turn on the expected debt trajectory, with more budget measures needed to shrink key debt ratios. If the United States does not see high growth rates, the debt-to-GDP ratio could suffer, Moody's said in a statement.
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TOKYO, Feb 14- Yields on Japanese government bonds edged higher on Thursday, ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's policy meeting and tracking higher U.S.
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*Yields rise after $24 billion 10- year note sale. NEW YORK, Feb 13- Prices of U.S. "We had an average, arguably a bit of a soft reception to the 10- year auction," said Ian Lyngen, senior government bond strategist at CRT Capital LLC in Stamford, Connecticut. "
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*Yields rise after $24 billion 10- year note sale. NEW YORK, Feb 13- Prices for U.S. We had an average, arguably a bit of a soft reception to the 10- year auction, "said Ian Lyngen, senior government bond strategist at CRT Capital LLC in Stamford, Connecticut."
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*Italy sells bonds at higher yields, demand stays strong. *Some analysts recommend buying on dips before Italy vote. Other peripheral euro zone bonds rose in tandem with Italy, as last week's increase in yields on concern about potential political instability in Italy and Spain, attracted some bargain-hunters.
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*Cyprus aid options to set precedent for other troubled states. *Loan could make Cyprus debt unaffordably high. ATHENS/ NICOSIA, Feb 13- Cyprus hardly seems to have the sort of debt crisis that could provoke a domino effect across the euro zone; its economy is tiny and investment from the rest of the bloc is modest.
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MILAN, Feb 13- Rising uncertainty about the outcome of Italy's general election pushed up borrowing costs at its last debt sale before the poll, but the country also managed to sell its first 30- year bond in nearly two years.