Italy's 10-yr debt costs climb towards 6 percent at key sale - MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's borrowing costs rose to 5.84 percent at a benchmark 10-year bond auction on Friday, their highest level since January, after a credit ratings cut for Spain overnight added to markets' concerns about the debt of weaker euro zone countries. The two-notch downgrade by rating agency Standard & Poor's weighed on euro zone bond markets ahead of the Italian sale, further ...

Ivory Coast to issue $120 mln, 3-yr bond: lead manager - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast plans to issue a 60 billion CFA franc three-year bond with a 6.0 percent coupon to raise funds for infrastructure projects, one of the lead managers said on Monday. The bond, which will be listed on the West African bourse, will be marketed to investors across the region's CFA currency zone from April 23 to May 22. It will be sold in units of 10,000 CFA, an ...

Zions Direct Announces Corporate Bond Auction Results through May 11, 2012 - SALT LAKE CITY, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase corporate bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results through May 11, 2012 - SALT LAKE CITY, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

The Nemenoff Report Bonds Higher, S&P's Lower, Silver Lower - June Bonds are currently 22 higher at 145'05. The inability of the Greek government to form a coalition and more worries about Spain has caused another wave of "flight to safety". The 30 Yr. Bond yield is hovering right around 3.0% and the 10 Yr. Note around 1.8%. We remain short call spreads and obviously we are wrong at this point in time.

Daily US Opening News And Market Re-Cap: May 17 - From RanSquawk Spain sells to the top of the indicative range in medium-term maturity bonds, yields sharply higher on all three lines. Moody’s are to cut Spanish bank’s debt ratings today, according to Spanish press. Contagion fears press peripheral 10-yr government bond yields against the German Bund wider throughout the European morning. Market Re-Cap European cash equities are in the red ...

CUSIP ID Requests Project Active Bond Issuance in Muni Markets, Continued Slowdown in International Markets - NEW YORK, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for April 2012.  The report, which tracks the issuance of new security ...

Sterling hits 3-1/2 yr high vs euro on Greek turmoil - * Sterling hits highest level since November 2008 vs euro * Trade-weighted sterling at 33-month peak * Outlook for euro weakened on Greek euro exit fears * Investors eye BoE quarterly inflation report ...

Zions Direct Announces Municipal Bond Auction Results through May 4, 2012 - SALT LAKE CITY, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Zions Direct , the online broker-dealer that allows its customers to purchase municipal bonds in its daily web-based auctions, announces its weekly auction ...

Forex: EUR/USD retracing gains after poor Spanish bond auction - FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The bloc currency is giving away early gains after the Spanish debt markets missed expectations. Spain sold €2.54 billion in 2-yr and 10-yr bonds, just above the