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An almost relentless rally in the eurozone periphery since the start of the year looked back on track this week after a fortnight of rising yields. Italy’s yields dropped furthest during the week so far — helped in part by some strong economic data and a dominant display by the reformist government in last week’s European elections — boding well for a series of bond auctions by the country this week.
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The Republic of Indonesia can expect strong demand and tight pricing for a dollar sukuk of it comes to market soon, said investors, after the country picked four banks for the sale. The mandate follows a triumphant rally since the start of the year and a big turn out for Pertamina’s 30 year bond last week. -
Austria printed a super rare syndicated floating rate note at the tight end of guidance on Wednesday, as the sovereign also priced a 10 year deal in line with fair value and attracted around €10bn of orders to the dual tranche deal.
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Cyprus could have the quickest turnaround of the bailed out eurozone countries after sending out requests for proposals for a new euro benchmark, SSA Markets can reveal.
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Italy had the perfect preparation for an auction of long dated debt later in the week, printing six month bills at near record low yields and retracing most of the losses it made during a sell-off in secondary over the last two weeks.
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Naysayers claimed that the remarkable run for the eurozone periphery since the turn of the year could be over after a sell-off in the sovereigns’ debt a couple of weeks ago. But with the European Parliamentary elections out of the way and pro-EU parties just about topping the bill, there is plenty of room for the rally to go on.
