MW:French, Dutch, peripheral euro-zone bond yields up
By William L. Watts
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian government bonds fell Monday, pushing up yields, while German government bonds rallied on safe-haven demand after a weekend that saw Socialist challenger Francois Hollande top the first-round of France's presidential election and the collapse of budget talks in the Netherlands. The yield on 10-year French bonds FR:10YR_FRA -0.10% rose 0.03 percentage point to 3.12%, while the 10-year Dutch yield rose 0.07 percentage point to 2.40%, according to electronic trading platform Tradeweb. On the periphery, the Spanish 10-year yield ES:10YR_ESP +0.72% rose 0.07 percentage point to 6.04%, Tradeweb showed, while Italy's 10-year yield IT:10YR_ITA +0.79% rose 0.09 percentage point to 5.76%. The yield on 10-year German bunds DE:10YR_GER -1.03% fell 0.04 percentage point to 1.59%.
