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Mercuria Energy Trading, the Swiss commodities group, has found strong support for a $2.65bn loan refinancing, but has not yet decided whether to increase the facility.

Compagnie de Financement Fonciere (CFF) has issued the first euro denominated three year conventional covered bond this year.

Labco, the French medical diagnostics company, plans to refinance all of its bonds with a new €800m issue. It agreed in May to be bought by private equity firm Cinven after pulling an IPO at the last minute.

Exeltium, the French electricity company consortium, has agreed a €1.4bn senior debt refinancing in the largest power project financing in France this year. The deal has a novel financing structure to negotiate better terms from creditors.

Bpifrance managed to increase a 15 year deal from its target size on Wednesday despite rocky government bonds markets, but had to print at the wide end of guidance and initial price thoughts.

Wednesday was another deal-less day for Europe's investment grade corporate bond market, as choppy conditions led borrowers to shun issuing — despite a packed pipeline.

Public sector bond markets are under threat from violent price moves and low liquidity for months to come, warned SSA bankers, after government bonds sold off sharply on Wednesday.

Bpifrance is looking to revive the 15 year part of the euro curve, as SSA issuers and bankers heed European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s advice to endure volatility.

Uralkali, the Russian potash fertiliser producer, has added a further $25m to a recent loan agreement, which it had already increased by $100m last week.

Exeltium, a French consortium that negotiates stable and competitive electricity pricing for its industrial shareholders, has agreed a €1.4bn senior debt refinancing with investors.

The Egyptian sovereign, although beset by economic and political challenges, still drew hundreds of investors into a $1.5bn 10 year bond on Thursday — marking a triumphant return to the public bond market after a five year absence.

Yorkshire Building Society mandated leads for a roadshow on Wednesday to market a euro denominated benchmark covered bond, the issuer’s first in a year.