German bonds: slightly higher at checkout – current yield minus 0.56 percent | message

FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – The prices of German government bonds rose slightly on Tuesday. In return, the current yield fell from minus 0.55 points the previous day to minus 0.56 percent, as the Deutsche Bundesbank announced in Frankfurt.

There were five losers with price drops of up to 0.005 percentage points. There were 60 winners with a premium of up to 0.39 points. The bottom line was that the Bundesbank bought bonds with a volume of 0.9 million euros.

The Rex bond index (REX total price index) rose by 0.05 percent to 146.00 points. Deutsche Börse calculates this index on the basis of the spot prices of selected bonds./jsl/bgf/men