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Italian, Spanish Government Bonds Advance Before Sale on Greece Optimism
By Emma Charlton and Paul Dobson - Jun 28, 2011 9:53 AM GMT+0200 Tue Jun 28 07:53:56 GMT 2011
Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds rose on speculation Italy will successfully sell as much as 8 billion euros ($11 billion) of debt today amid optimism European officials will stave off a Greek default.
German two-year notes fell as a report predicted German consumer confidence will increase more than forecast in July. European Central Bank Executive Board member Juergen Stark said the ECB is ready to raise interest rates for a second time. Greek lawmakers vote tomorrow on a fresh set of austerity measures that will determine whether the cash-strapped nation will get further funding from euro-area peers.
“Demand will probably be good at the Italian auction,” said Luca Cazzulani, a senior fixed-income strategist at UniCredit SpA in Milan. “The main driver of the market will be Greece again, investors will want to stay on the sidelines until they know the outcome of the Greek austerity vote tomorrow.”
Italian 10-year yields fell four basis points to 4.95 percent as of 8:39 a.m. in London. The 4.75 percent securities due September 2021 advanced 0.275, or 2.75 euros per 1,000-euro face amount, to 98.910.
The yield on 10-year Spanish securities fell six basis points to 5.63 percent, narrowing the difference in yield, or spread, with benchmark German bunds by five basis points to 275 basis points.
Italian Sale
The yield on German two-year notes increased three basis points to 1.41 percent.
Italy plans to sell bonds maturing in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2021 today.
Market research group GfK AG forecast that its consumer sentiment index, based on a survey of about 2,000 people, will rise to 5.7 in July from a revised 5.6 in June. Economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted the index would fall to 5.3.
German government bonds handed investors a profit of 0.8 percent this year, compared with 3.4 percent for U.S. Treasuries and 3.2 percent for U.K. gilts, according to indexes compiled by Bloomberg and the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.
Ireland’s 10-year bond yield climbed to a euro-era record 12.11 percent, while Portugal’s two-year note yield rose to reached 14.76 percent, also a record.
Ten-year Portuguese yields have climbed more than three percentage points this quarter, while Ireland’s have risen more than 180 basis points amid concern that a Greek default may spark contagion in other high debt and deficit nations.
(Bloomberg)
By Emma Charlton and Paul Dobson - Jun 28, 2011 9:53 AM GMT+0200 Tue Jun 28 07:53:56 GMT 2011
Italian and Spanish 10-year bonds rose on speculation Italy will successfully sell as much as 8 billion euros ($11 billion) of debt today amid optimism European officials will stave off a Greek default.
German two-year notes fell as a report predicted German consumer confidence will increase more than forecast in July. European Central Bank Executive Board member Juergen Stark said the ECB is ready to raise interest rates for a second time. Greek lawmakers vote tomorrow on a fresh set of austerity measures that will determine whether the cash-strapped nation will get further funding from euro-area peers.
“Demand will probably be good at the Italian auction,” said Luca Cazzulani, a senior fixed-income strategist at UniCredit SpA in Milan. “The main driver of the market will be Greece again, investors will want to stay on the sidelines until they know the outcome of the Greek austerity vote tomorrow.”
Italian 10-year yields fell four basis points to 4.95 percent as of 8:39 a.m. in London. The 4.75 percent securities due September 2021 advanced 0.275, or 2.75 euros per 1,000-euro face amount, to 98.910.
The yield on 10-year Spanish securities fell six basis points to 5.63 percent, narrowing the difference in yield, or spread, with benchmark German bunds by five basis points to 275 basis points.
Italian Sale
The yield on German two-year notes increased three basis points to 1.41 percent.
Italy plans to sell bonds maturing in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2021 today.
Market research group GfK AG forecast that its consumer sentiment index, based on a survey of about 2,000 people, will rise to 5.7 in July from a revised 5.6 in June. Economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted the index would fall to 5.3.
German government bonds handed investors a profit of 0.8 percent this year, compared with 3.4 percent for U.S. Treasuries and 3.2 percent for U.K. gilts, according to indexes compiled by Bloomberg and the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.
Ireland’s 10-year bond yield climbed to a euro-era record 12.11 percent, while Portugal’s two-year note yield rose to reached 14.76 percent, also a record.
Ten-year Portuguese yields have climbed more than three percentage points this quarter, while Ireland’s have risen more than 180 basis points amid concern that a Greek default may spark contagion in other high debt and deficit nations.
(Bloomberg)