Greek bond market closing report

The yield spread between the 10-year Greek and German benchmark bond fell on Wednesday to 861 from 882 basis points on Tuesday, with the Greek bond yielding 11.69 pct and the German Bund 3.08 pct.

Turnover in the market was 48 million euros of which 22 million were buy orders and the remaining 26 million euros were sell orders. The three-year benchmark bond was the most heavily traded security with a turnover of 19 million euros.

In interbank markets, interest rates were unchanged. The 12-month rate was 1.52 pct, the six-month rate was 1.25 pct, the three-month 1.02 pct and the one-month rate 0.82 pct.

 

Foreign Exchange rates – Thursday
Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank:
U.S. dollar	1.330
Pound sterling	0.843
Danish kroner	7.514
Swedish kroner	9.221
Japanese yen	111.97
Swiss franc	1.316
Norwegian kroner	8.026
Canadian dollar	1.346
Australian dollar	1.358