by Calculated Risk on 4/21/2010 03:58:00 PM
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Greece, Portugal Spread to Bunds Widen
Just an update ...
From Bloomberg: Portugal Spread to Bunds Widest in 13 Months on Greek Contagion
The yield on Portugal’s 10-year bond jumped 11 basis points to 4.80 percent ... That left the difference in yield, or spread, with bunds 11 basis points wider at 166 basis points, after earlier reaching 172 basis points, the most since March 10, 2009.
Greek 10-year bonds dropped ... sending the yield up 20 basis points to 8.17 percent. The yield premium over bunds jumped 25 basis points to 503 basis points after climbing to more than 522 basis points, the most since at least March 1998, when Bloomberg began compiling the generic prices.