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Auction Bot: rates rise, demand falls

The Treasury has placed one-year Treasuries for 8,5 billion euro, the maximum amount offered – The average interest rate has risen to 0,735% from 0,707% in the December auction – Demand is down, with a ratio of coverage dropped to 1,45 from the previous 1,63.

Auction Bot: rates rise, demand falls

Opaque result for the first 2014 auction of Italian government bonds. This morning the Treasury placed Bot a year for 8,5 billion euros, the maximum amount offered, but the average interest rate it rose to 0,735% from 0,707% in the December auction.

In the November placement, the annual Bot rate had fallen to an all-time low of 0,688%. 

Declining the question, with the coverage ratio down to 1,45 from the previous 1,63.

Immediately after the announcement of the result of the auction, the spread it is slightly above the threshold of 200 basis points, while the MY BAG travels in positive territory of 0,48%. 

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