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Borrowing costs fall at Spanish debt sale

Spain sold 4.2 billion euros of 2, 5 and 10-year debt on Thursday, beating the maximum target of 4 billion euros.

The Spanish Treasury sold 1.12 billion euros of bonds maturing in 2015 at an average yield of 2.54% vs 2.823% seen at the previous auction. 0.548 billion worth of paper maturing in 2019 was auctioned at an average yield of 4.275%, considerably down from the the previous 6.701%. 2.568 billion worth of bonds maturing in 2023 yielded 5.202%, compared with 5.290% seen in December.

Forex: EUR/USD bounces back to 1.3200 after lower Spanish yields

The European morning 100-pip fall to as low as 1.3178 was triggered by the release of Markit PMI data, with weakening EMU figures, Germany manufacturing little above the 50.0 threshold and France underperforming Germany. The pair is moving back to the 1.3200 psychological level following the Spanish bond auction.
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