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EURO GOVT-Bunds open slightly up, Portugal debt under pressure
LONDON, March 29 | Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:21am EDT
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - German government bonds opened slightly higher on Tuesday but Portuguese debt was expected to stay under pressure as the country prepares for snap elections, adding to uncertainty about whether it can keep funding itself.
Portuguese bond yields hit the latest in a series of euro-era highs on Monday, with the 10-year yield rising above 8 percent, after Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's banks and market conviction grew that it would follow Ireland and Greece in seeking an international bailout.
"If they are going to be bailed out then there's no reason why Portuguese yields shouldn't trade in line with Irish yields. In theory they have a fair bit further to go. It's a natural target for them," a trader said.
Irish 10-year yields were above 10 percent at Monday's settlement close.
June Bund futures FGBLc1 were last 10 ticks up at 121.79 compared with 121.69 at Monday's settlement close. Two-year Schatz yielded 1.740 percent DE2YT=TWEB, little changed from Monday's settlement while 10-year yields DE10YT=TWEB were about one basis point lower at 3.289 percent.
LONDON, March 29 | Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:21am EDT
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - German government bonds opened slightly higher on Tuesday but Portuguese debt was expected to stay under pressure as the country prepares for snap elections, adding to uncertainty about whether it can keep funding itself.
Portuguese bond yields hit the latest in a series of euro-era highs on Monday, with the 10-year yield rising above 8 percent, after Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's banks and market conviction grew that it would follow Ireland and Greece in seeking an international bailout.
"If they are going to be bailed out then there's no reason why Portuguese yields shouldn't trade in line with Irish yields. In theory they have a fair bit further to go. It's a natural target for them," a trader said.
Irish 10-year yields were above 10 percent at Monday's settlement close.
June Bund futures FGBLc1 were last 10 ticks up at 121.79 compared with 121.69 at Monday's settlement close. Two-year Schatz yielded 1.740 percent DE2YT=TWEB, little changed from Monday's settlement while 10-year yields DE10YT=TWEB were about one basis point lower at 3.289 percent.