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JGB futures rise to 3-mth high on econ worries

Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:12pm EDT

TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond futures rose to a three-month high on Friday as a sharp drop in U.S. jobs data increased worries about the global economy, spurring buying of safe-haven government debt.

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September 10-year JGB futures rose to as high as 138.50 2JGBv1, their highest since late March. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko)



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