Aust bond futures prices edge higher August 26, 2013 - 4:52PM Australian bond futures prices have had some relief after recent losses, making slight gains as investors prepare for the release of capital expenditure data. Monday was a quiet day for the Australian bond market, following a rally on Friday evening, Nomura head of macro products Jon Linton said. "Capex is going to set the tone domestically, given it's going to tell us about the state of the mining sector and investment and that sort of thing," he said. But the real story still lies in the US with tapering, the expectation is that the Fed is going to taper in September and that's caused the heaviness in the bond market.