[MARKET ANALYSIS] T-note futures remain subdued amid oil-related inflationary pressures and as supply looms, while overnigh cash treasuries trade is closed due to the Tokyo holiday

USTs: -2.5 ticks

• Remained subdued following the prior day's declines as the recent rally in oil lifted yields and stoked inflationary concerns, with demand overnight not helped by the closure of cash treasuries trade due to the Tokyo holiday, while US supply is also scheduled later.

Bunds: -12 ticks

• Extended beneath the prior day's trough amid the upside in energy prices and with a EUR 6bln Bobl issuance due today, ahead of tomorrow's EUR 2bln Bund auction.

Sessions where futures drift on oil-led inflation repricing against a backdrop of looming supply follow a familiar pattern: the energy impulse lifts breakevens and the long end, while the auction concession adds a separate, mechanical source of pressure that typically resolves around the sale itself rather than persisting beyond it. The distinction worth drawing is between the inflation channel and the supply channel: the former tracks crude and tends to reverse if energy stalls, the latter is calendar-driven and often sees cheapening into the auction followed by a partial retracement once the paper clears. A Tokyo holiday closure is a recurring feature of the overnight session and has historically meant thin cash liquidity, with futures carrying the price discovery and moves prone to exaggeration until Japanese participants return. On the European side, the sequencing of shorter-dated issuance ahead of the benchmark auction is a standard pattern in which the front supply sets the tone and the later sale determines whether the cheapening holds. The tells are the auction tails and bid-to-covers, whether crude holds its bid into the session, and how the market trades once full cash liquidity resumes.