Rate on six-month Italian bonds drops to record low

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-4cdc25810e632c9d1ac46b58e5107941.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Rate on six-month Italian bonds drops to record low” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-4cdc25810e632c9d1ac46b58e5107941.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 26 – The interest rate on the six-month Italian State BOT bond dropped to a new low at auction on Wednesday. PThe Treasury sold all 8.5 billion euros’ worth of the BOTs it put on the market at an average rate of 0.455%, the first time since the introduction of the euro that it has gone below the 0.5% mark./PPThe rate at the last equivalent sale in January was 0.59%./PIMG id=mediaViewer title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-trasp190.gif”ALL RIGHTS RESERVED