At 8:55 a.m. in Lisbon, the 10-year bond yields increased to 3.008%, up from 3.000% on Wednesday.
The five-year bond yields also rose to 2.296%, compared to 2.293% in the previous session.
Conversely, two-year bond yields fell to 1.805% from 1.806% on Wednesday.
Italy’s bond yields decreased across all terms, while Greece’s yields declined at two and five years but rose at 10 years.
Spain’s bond yields rose across all terms.
Germany’s 10-year bond yield, considered Europe’s safest, fell to 2.524% from 2.526% in the previous session.
Sovereign debt yields in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and Italy at 8:55 a.m.:
2 years…5 years…10 years
Portugal
05/06…….1.805…2.296…..3.008
04/06…….1.806…2.293…..3.000
Spain
05/06…….1.956…2.402…..3.118
04/06…….1.953…2.399…..3.116
Greece
05/06…….1.911…2.521…..3.252
04/06…….1.937…2.527…..3.251
Ireland
05/06…….1.807…2.263…..2.826
04/06…….1.808…2.262…..2.825
Italy
05/06…….2.003…2.685…..3.485
04/06…….2.016…2.690…..3.491
Source: Bloomberg. Bid values (yields required by investors to purchase debt) compared to the last session’s close.
