Italian debt gain after 12-month auction

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Today Italy traded €5 bn in 12-month Treasury bills, for the highest yield since September 1997. Rome Treasury sold 12-month notes at 6.087%, about 2.5 percentage points more than in last auction in October. 10-year bond yields dropped subsequently reaching 6.983%. Italian markets will be challenged again in auction for five-year debt in November 14.

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