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Eurozone periphery sovereigns are set to waste no time in taking advantage of a sharp tightening in their spreads in the wake of last week’s European Central Bank meeting, with a series of auctions in the pipeline over the next few days and Spain rumoured to be considering a new 10 year benchmark.
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There can be few doubts that eurozone periphery yields are going to keep on their almost relentless journey downwards since the start of the year after Mario Draghi delighted the finance world with a series of measures that only the most optimistic of market watchers could have predicted. But with more and more investors starting to take profits as pricing recovery catches up with real economics, there may well be at least a slowdown on the cards.
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Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data. -
Mario Draghi sparked a rally in peripheral European sovereign debt on Thursday — this time with more than just words. But as peripheral sovereign bond yields have ground ever lower this year, can they really go much further?
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Eurozone periphery sovereigns were some of the biggest winners on Thursday as their yields tumbled after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi more than met market participants’ expectations with a series of dovish measures — but not all investors are convinced that the periphery rally still has legs for all its constituent countries.
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The Republic of Korea returned to the euro market for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, pricing a $2bn equivalent dual tranche trade that included a dollar leg. Bringing its first ever 30 year bond, the sovereign was able to create one of the flattest dollar curves of its peer group. But having been away from euros for so long, it was prepared to leave some money on the table for that tranche if needed, writes Isabella Zhong.
