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ATHENS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Greece sold 390 million euros of
three-month T-bills on Tuesday with yields rising in line with
analysts' expectations on concerns about the euro zone debt
crisis and the upward revision of Greek deficit and debt. The yield rose to 4.1 percent from 3.75 percent at the
previous sale on Oct. 19. Dealers had expected it somewhere
between 4.0 and 4.2 percent. "The rising yield reflects heightened concerns about Ireland
and Portugal and partly also the revision of Greece's deficit,"
said Stelios Vyzantinopoulos, senior fixed-income trader at
Marfin Bank. Euro zone finance ministers meet later on Tuesday to try to
find a way out of Ireland's debt crisis. European Union
statistics agency Eurostat on Monday revised upwards Greece's
debt and deficit for 2009. [ID:nLDE6AE2AI] Effectively shut out from international bond markets as
borrowing costs soared, Greece was thrown a 110 billion euro
($153.7 billion) lifeline by euro zone partners and the
International Monetary Fund in May. Foreigners bought between 35 and 40 percent of Tuesday's
offer, compared with more than half of the previous sale, Public
Debt Management Agency head Petros Christodoulou told Reuters. "This (the sale) is very satisfying. It gives ground for
optimism as the yield widened by just 35 basis points, when the
two-year yield climbed by over 300 basis points from October,"
he said. The bid-cover ratio was 4.98 versus 5.19 in the previous
auction.
three-month T-bills on Tuesday with yields rising in line with
analysts' expectations on concerns about the euro zone debt
crisis and the upward revision of Greek deficit and debt. The yield rose to 4.1 percent from 3.75 percent at the
previous sale on Oct. 19. Dealers had expected it somewhere
between 4.0 and 4.2 percent. "The rising yield reflects heightened concerns about Ireland
and Portugal and partly also the revision of Greece's deficit,"
said Stelios Vyzantinopoulos, senior fixed-income trader at
Marfin Bank. Euro zone finance ministers meet later on Tuesday to try to
find a way out of Ireland's debt crisis. European Union
statistics agency Eurostat on Monday revised upwards Greece's
debt and deficit for 2009. [ID:nLDE6AE2AI] Effectively shut out from international bond markets as
borrowing costs soared, Greece was thrown a 110 billion euro
($153.7 billion) lifeline by euro zone partners and the
International Monetary Fund in May. Foreigners bought between 35 and 40 percent of Tuesday's
offer, compared with more than half of the previous sale, Public
Debt Management Agency head Petros Christodoulou told Reuters. "This (the sale) is very satisfying. It gives ground for
optimism as the yield widened by just 35 basis points, when the
two-year yield climbed by over 300 basis points from October,"
he said. The bid-cover ratio was 4.98 versus 5.19 in the previous
auction.