Bund futures were trading around 145.33 on Wednesday, 45 percent over par value.

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September German bund futures remain half a point firmer at 131.67 having earlier made gains of 82 ticks on the day.

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June bund futures have made extended gains in the past hour and stand higher by a full point at 124.40 shaving seven basis points from its yield to 3.09%.

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Eurex, an on-line system owned by Swiss and German exchanges, has whittled the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange's share of the German bund futures contract from 70% to 10%.

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