Robust demand for Italy but at elevated yields
Italy received impressive demand in a BTP auction on Thursday morning, selling €4.5bn of bonds, which was the upper limit of a €2.75bn-€4.5bn expected auction. However, the issuer paid over 6% in yield terms for the longer dated debt on a day when Spanish 10 year yields traded at levels dangerously close to 7%.
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