Interest rates on Greek 10-year government bonds today returned below the 6% threshold for the first time in four years, reaching a minimum of 5,972%. At yesterday's close, the yield was 6,182%.
As for the spread with German Bunds of the same maturity, Athens continues to reduce the gap, breaking the wall of 450 basis points downwards in the early afternoon.
A positive climate for Greek debt, despite the expectation of an imminent placement of 5-year bonds (the first medium-long term since the first tranche of the bailout for 240 billion euro in 2010), the issue of which could arrive as early as tomorrow .
In recent days, according to some rumors, the Greek Treasury has given a mandate to a pool of banks to organize the launch of the new five-year bond for a total amount of two billion euros.