BLBG: Greek 10-Year Bonds Drop; Premium to Bunds at Widest Since March
By Daniel Tilles
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Greek 10-year government bonds extended declines, sending the difference in yield, or spread, with benchmark German bunds to the widest in 10 months.
The yield on the Greek security jumped 15 basis points to 6.07 percent as of 9:59 a.m. in London. The spread with bunds widened 17 basis points to 281 basis points, the most since March 17.
The yield on the two-year note advanced 40 basis points to 4.16 percent.
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Tilles in London at dtilles@bloomberg.net