Weak Demand for Short Term Lebanese Eurobonds

On the Lebanese Eurobonds market, demand for Lebanese Eurobonds was quiet for the second day running, but a slight decrease in demand was noticed over the short term bonds. This demand resulted in a minor drop of 0.002% in the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) that reached 107.209 points on Tuesday. The yields on the 5Y and 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds steadied at 5.35% and 6.20%, respectively. Meanwhile, demand for medium term US notes was on the rise illustrated by the 2 bps fall to 1.60% on the yield of the 5Y notes. Consequently, the spread between Lebanese Eurobonds and their US counterpart broadened by 3 bps to 377 bps. The Lebanese 5Y Credit Default Swaps (CDS) remained at their previous quotes of 358-383 bps.

LastPrevious ChangeY-t-D Change
BBI107.209107.211-0.002%-0.24%
Weighted Yield5.46%5.46%0 bps
Duration (Years)5.045.04
5Y Bond Yield5.35%5.35%0bps
5Y Spread*375377-2bps
10Y Bond Yield6.20%6.20%0bps
10Y Spread*400404-4bps

*Between Lebanese and U.S notes

 

 PriceYield Yield Change (in bps)
Nov. 2016100.874.01%1
Mar. 2017107.214.27%1
Oct. 2017101.114.45%0
Jun. 2018101.434.60%0
Nov. 2018101.174.75%0
Apr. 2019101.385.08%0
Mar. 20201045.37%0
Apr. 2020101.635.40%0
Apr. 20211135.54%0
Oct. 2022101.885.77%0
Jan. 20231015.83%0
Dec. 20241076.00%0
Feb. 2025101.136.04%0
Nov. 20261036.22%0
Nov. 20271046.28%0
Feb. 2030102.256.41%0

 

 

 

 

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