RTRS:EURO GOVT-Spanish default insurance costs rise after downgrade
(Reuters) - The cost of insuring against a Spanish default rose on Friday after the country's credit rating was downgraded.
Standard and Poor's cut Spain's credit rating by two notches to BBB-plus late on Thursday, citing the expected deterioration of government finances and weakness of the Spanish banking sector.
Spanish 5-year credit default swaps were 12 basis points higher at 480 basis points, according to data monitor Markit.
The Italian equivalent also rose, up 8 basis points at 450 basis poings.
