US Stock Futures Rise as Markets Await July Payrolls Data 
China Trade Surplus Beats Forecasts in July as Exports Stay Strong 
Philippine GDP Growth Slows to 2.3% in Q2 
Wall Street Ends Mixed as Dow Hits Record Despite Tech Weakness 
Singapore Says One-Third of U.S. Exports Hit by New 12.5% Tariff 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady as US Dollar Nears Seven-Week Low Ahead of Key Jobs Data 
Iran-Oman Near Strait of Hormuz Deal as Shipping Tensions Persist 
Asian Currencies Steady as Markets Await U.S. Jobs Data 
US Yen Intervention Unlikely to Deliver Lasting Recovery, Yardeni Says 
The Australian government bonds suffered during Asian session of the second trading day of the week Tuesday tracking a similar movement in the U.S. Treasuries after a slew of solid corporate earnings pushed Wall Street higher overnight.
Also, slight relief from U.S.-China trade talks, after President Donald Trump indicated that China has “started the buying” of US agricultural goods, weighed on debt prices.
The yield on Australia’s benchmark 10-year note, which moves inversely to its price, jumped 2-1/2 basis points to 1.176 percent, the yield on the long-term 30-year bond surged 2 basis points to 1.763 percent while the yield on short-term 2-year traded flat at 0.802 percent by 04:20GMT.
Investors also interpreted the UK Speaker John Bercow’s rejection of a second vote on PM Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal (“repetitive and disorderly” and “in substance the same as Saturdays motion”) as implying a Brexit extension is more likely, even though Johnson will introduce the Withdrawal Agreement Bill again today, OCBC Treasury Research reported.
The S&P500 rose 0.69 percent, summiting the 3000 handle with Apple Inc hitting a record, whilst UST bonds sold off with a steepening bias as the 10-year yield pushed higher by 5bps to 1.8 percent, the report added.
Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 index traded tad 0.23 percent up at 6,653.50 by 04:30GMT.
