Improved Demand for Lebanese Eurobonds on Friday

On the Lebanese Eurobonds market, demand for short and long term Lebanese Eurobonds improved causing the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) to tick up by 0.06% to 107.21 points on Friday. The yields on the 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds declined by 1 basis point (bp) to 6.20% while that of the 5Y steadied at 5.35%. Meanwhile, demand for medium term US notes fell illustrated by the 3 bps ascent to 1.61% on the yield of the mentioned maturity. Consequently, the spread between Lebanese Eurobonds and their US counterpart narrowed by 3 bps to 374 bps. The Lebanese 5Y Credit Default Swaps (CDS) remained at their previous quotes of 358-383 bps.

 

LastPrevious ChangeY-t-D Change
BBI107.208107.1480.06%-0.24%
Weighted Yield5.46%5.48%0 bps
Duration (Years)5.055.05
5Y Bond Yield5.35%5.35%0bps
5Y Spread*374377-3bps
10Y Bond Yield6.20%6.21%-1bps
10Y Spread*400402-2bps

*Between Lebanese and U.S notes

 PriceYield Yield Change (in bps)
Nov. 2016100.874.01%0
Mar. 2017107.224.28%0
Oct. 2017101.114.45%0
Jun. 2018101.434.60%0
Nov. 2018101.174.75%-10
Apr. 2019101.255.12%0
Mar. 20201045.37%0
Apr. 2020101.635.40%-3
Apr. 20211135.54%0
Oct. 2022101.885.77%-2
Jan. 20231015.83%2
Dec. 20241076.01%-3
Feb. 2025101.136.04%-2
Nov. 20261036.22%-1
Nov. 20271046.28%-1
Feb. 2030102.256.41%-1

 

 

 

 

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