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The Eurozone periphery bonds strengthened Tuesday following gains in the benchmark German bunds.
The French 10-year bond yields, which moves inversely to its price, fell 9 basis points to 0.730 percent, Irish 10-year bonds yield dipped 10 basis points to 0.914 percent, Italian equivalent slid 9 basis points to 2.001 percent, Netherlands 10-year bonds yield ticked 5-1/2 basis points lower to 0.460 percent, Portuguese equivalents down 10 basis points to 3.458 percent and the Spanish 10-year bonds yield tumbled 9 basis points to 1.440 percent by 10:20 GMT.
Germany’s gross domestic product rose less-than-expected in the last quarter to a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent, lower than the market consensus of 0.3 percent increase, from 0.4 percent in the preceding quarter.
Rising apprehension from the 'Brexit' negotiations and continued structural weaknesses plus upcoming elections in many Eurozone countries add to the downside risks for the German economy.
The European Central Bank meets next month to review interest rates and its quantitative easing programme.
Lastly, investors remain keen to focus on the upcoming Eurozone CPI, German PPI followed by ECB President Mario Draghi and German Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann speech.
Meanwhile, the pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.04 percent and the euro-area blue-chip gauge the STOXX 50 climbed 0.08 percent, the DAX traded 0.12 percent higher, the PSI20 Index climbed 1.08 percent and the CAC-40 rose 0.45 percent by 10:20 GMT.
While at 09:00 GMT, the FxWirePro's Hourly Euro Strength Index stood neutral at 33.74 (higher than +75 represents bullish trend). For more details, visit http://www.fxwirepro.com/currencyindex
