Frail Demand for Medium-term Lebanese Eurobonds on Thursday

The Lebanese Eurobonds market witnessed a weaker demand for the medium term maturities on Thursday as reflected in the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) which lost a mere 0.01% to 104.00 points.

The yield on the Lebanese Eurobonds maturing in 10 years remained unchanged at 6.71%, while that of the Lebanese Eurobonds maturing in 5 years added 2 basis points (bps) to 6.11%.

As demand for U.S treasuries improved yesterday, the spread between the yield on the 5 Year Lebanese Eurobonds and the yield on their US comparable widened by 5 bps to 475 bps.

The bid-ask range for Lebanon’s 5Y Credit Default Swaps (CDS) slightly broadened from their previous level of 445-465 bps to 446-466 bps.

 

 

 

 

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