Yield on Slovenian Bonds Continues to Fall

Ljubljana, 01 February (STA) - The yield on Slovenian 10-year bonds

continued to fall on Wednesday, dropping to 6.26% by midday, which is 0.17

percentage points less than on Tuesday, according to data by the NLB

bank.

The drop, following two months of hovering around the 7% yield ceiling,

comes after the prolonged government formation process in Slovenia ended as

parliament endorsed Janez Janša of the Democrats (SDS) as PM-elect on

Saturday.

Today's drop for Slovenia was accompanied by a falling

yield on comparable bonds for some of the vulnerable eurozone states, with

Italy's for instance sliding 0.22 points to 5.55% and Spain's from 0.15

points to 4.54%.

The yield on the 10-year German bond, considered the

safest in Europe, remained unchanged at 1.83% at noon today, which means

that the surcharge for Slovenia was at 4.43 percentage points, down 1.17

points on Tuesday.