A spike in worries about the upcoming French presidential election has caused France's yield spread to Germany to widen once again as the first-round April 23 ballot draws near. Meanwhile, a speech by US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen provided no new direction.

• Markets fraught with geopolitical worries
• Spike in French election jitters caused widening of France-Germany spread
• USD outlook likely to remain hazy until French presidential election: Hardy
• EURJPY slides on renewed worries about French vote
• Plenty of pent-up demand for covering risk into two-round French election
• 'It’s all about April 23 and May 7 – the two dates for the French elections': Hardy
• Yellen’s message on Monday was 'indifferent': Hardy
• US Treasuries stay up in the range
• Yields dropped back in quiet volume on Monday
• A first ECB rate move is getting closer than it has been in years: Boye
• ECB corporate bond buying data showed uninterupted buying despite taper: Boye
• Daily average corp. bond buying up to 483m euros from 367m long-term average