Euro Rate

France on Thursday raised 1.5 billion euros in a medium- and long-term bond auction at lower rates than previous sales despite a credit rating downgrade last week, officials said. The sale of four, 10 and 28 year bonds came after France earlier …

France sold 7.97 billion euros at lower yields to previous auctions. “These results are bullish for both Spain and the broader periphery and stand to further underpin the ongoing ‘risk-on’ tone,” Richard McGuire rate strategist at Rabobank said.

Europe’s stock markets drifted lower and the euro struck a new 16-month low Wednesday following mixed German economic growth data on the eve of key bond auctions and interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone. At close, London’s FTSE index of …

Moneycontrol.comA historic case for eurobondsBusiness SpectatorEach country would keep a separate balance at the Euro-Fund and be charged the same rate on that balance. A surplus or deficit of the tax revenues would entail a variation of the debt of th…

LONDON – Europe’s stock markets drifted lower and the euro struck a new 16-month low Wednesday following mixed German economic growth data on the eve of key bond auctions and interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone. At close, London’s FTSE …

Also aiding the euro, were the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s December meeting which the markets saw as dollar-negative. The Fed said it would begin publishing forecasts on the path of interest rates later this month, a move that could …

International Business TimesGold prices edge higher on weaker U.S. dollarMarketWatchHowever, recent action by the European Central Bank to provide a massive amount of loans to that region's banks at cheap rates would prevent liquidity shortages and…

Telegraph.co.ukGLOBAL MARKETS-Banks give Europe shares a lift, US data eyedReuters* European stocks lifted by banks * US data eyed * Euro steady but outlook shaky * Interbank funding pressures ease By Richard Hubbard LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Easier E…

Madrid rose 0.53 percent and Milan advanced 0.25 percent. The euro rallied to $1.3193 from $1.3078 late in New York on Tuesday. But eurozone bond rates rose, except French yields, despite the massive injection of ECB cash into the banking system.

BloombergStocks, Euro, Commodities Drop as Treasuries Rally After AuctionBusinessWeekThe three-month cross-currency basis swap, the rate banks pay to convert euro payments into dollars, was 147 basis points below the euro interbank offered rate, from 1…