LONDON Euro zone bond yields rose on Monday as investors sold safer assets on the receding risk of a British no-deal exit from the European Union and in the belief that the UK parliament could soon approve a Brexit agreement.
* Analysts expect rally if deal rejected (Updates prices to close, adds quote, Draghi comment)
(This October 17 story refiles to change Thursday to Wednesday in fifth paragraph)
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr
LONDON A euro zone bond sell-off cooled on Thursday after optimism around a Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union came to a halt and eyes turned to a British parliament vote to approve the deal over the weekend.
* Thursday bond sell-off reverses after doubts on Brexit deal
* Euro zone government bonds ignore trade tensions, weak U.S. retail data (Rewrites throughout, adds latest Brexit news, analyst comment)
LONDON A growing number of private equity firms are taking advantage of Europe's buoyant bond market to extract money from companies they hold by loading them with debt, prompting some investors to warn the fixed income rally is nearing its peak.
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Rewrites throughout, adds analyst quote)
LONDON Irish government bonds rallied on Friday, outperforming their euro zone peers on hopes that a Brexit deal was now in sight.
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