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EURO GOVT-Peripheral bond yield spreads widen
LONDON, April 18 | Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:51am EDT
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Portuguese, Spanish and other lower-rated euro zone government debt came under pressure on Monday as media reports over Greek debt restructuring spooked investors.
"We've got these headlines in a Greek newspaper that Greece asked the EU and the IMF to restructure its debt ... it is the Greek debt restructuring story that is driving markets this morning," a trader said.
Greece told the IMF and the European Union earlier this month that it wants to restructure its debt and discussions on the issue are expected to start in June, Greek daily Eleftherotypia said on Monday.
Greek finance ministry sources denied the newspaper report.
The 10-year Portuguese bond yield PT10YT=TWEB spread versus Bunds DE10YT=TWEB widened by 10 basis points to a euro-lifetime high of 600 bps.
The Greek/German 10-year bond yield spread was little changed on the day at 1069 bps, though traders said credit default swap prices were up on the day.
Italian, Spanish and Belgian yields spreads also widened and safe-haven Bund futures rose to a session high of 121.64, 44 ticks higher on the day.
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LONDON, April 18 | Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:51am EDT
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Portuguese, Spanish and other lower-rated euro zone government debt came under pressure on Monday as media reports over Greek debt restructuring spooked investors.
"We've got these headlines in a Greek newspaper that Greece asked the EU and the IMF to restructure its debt ... it is the Greek debt restructuring story that is driving markets this morning," a trader said.
Greece told the IMF and the European Union earlier this month that it wants to restructure its debt and discussions on the issue are expected to start in June, Greek daily Eleftherotypia said on Monday.
Greek finance ministry sources denied the newspaper report.
The 10-year Portuguese bond yield PT10YT=TWEB spread versus Bunds DE10YT=TWEB widened by 10 basis points to a euro-lifetime high of 600 bps.
The Greek/German 10-year bond yield spread was little changed on the day at 1069 bps, though traders said credit default swap prices were up on the day.
Italian, Spanish and Belgian yields spreads also widened and safe-haven Bund futures rose to a session high of 121.64, 44 ticks higher on the day.
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